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Estate Attorneys Beware: Real Examples from the ALPS Claims Files

“Baby Boomers, the generation of people born between 1944 and 1964, are expected to transfer $30 trillion in wealth to younger generations over the next many years. This jaw-dropping amount has led many journalists and financial experts to refer to...

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Don't Fall for the Trust Account Scam

The idea of the Nigerian e-mail scam in which the rich Prince finds himself needing a few thousand dollars from you so that he can obtain his...

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Ethics Grievances and Next Steps

What is an ethics grievance? An ethics grievance/ bar complaint/ ethics inquiry are all interchangeable words for a complaint made against an...

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Buying Insurance For A House Already On Fire

On February 23, 2021, the Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion delivered by Justice Laurie McKinnon in ALPS Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Keller,...

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3 Common Claims Resolution Problems and How to Avoid Them

Not too often, but often enough, we receive phone calls from concerned insureds inquiring about what they should do now they have become aware of a...

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“Deep Thoughts or Reflections” from 2020

2020 has been a year of challenges for most people, not just attorneys, both personally and professionally. The virus has created significant...

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Law and Gardening

“We must cultivate our garden.” —Voltaire, Candide I wasn’t much of a Voltaire fan when I was assigned Candide in a European History course in...

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Do Attorneys Guarantee Success in Business Transactions?

Does this article’s title make you nervous? It should. With the unfortunate failures of many businesses due to the pandemic, we suspect claims of...

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The Ultimate "Should I Report This" Malpractice Insurance Checklist

Here at ALPS, all of us who work in claims and risk management periodically take calls from lawyers unsure if they need to report a claim. While we...

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5 Ways to Make Life Easier for You (and Your Claims Attorney)

Lawyers are busy. We’ve got briefs to write, hearings to attend, depositions to prepare for, and trials to worry about. There are 24 hours in a day...

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Jacked Expectations

A jack is a tool with utilitarian value used for practical and beneficial purposes. We jack up a vehicle to change a flat tire. Or we jack up a...

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Working on Healthy Attorney Client Relationships

As I sit at home working in relative isolation wondering when the second COVID-19 wave will crest (or is it part two of the first wave?), I have...

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Are You A Fixer? Don't Try to Fix Your Potential Malpractice Claim

Attorneys are fixers. This characteristic may be natural for some or was instilled and molded through law school for others but, however it came to...

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