As if tax time weren’t tough enough, scammers are doubling down efforts to steal more of your hard-earned money. According to the Internal Revenue Service, there’s a spike in online tax scams and an aggressive phone scam is making the rounds again,...
A recent blog addressed many issues associated with Suing Clients to Collect Unpaid Legal Fees. A few law firms seem to think that it is not as bad if they turn the accounts over to a 3rd party to collect. Attorney Malpractice Insurance Carriers treat...
According to one report, in the 1st 2 months of 2017 13 million people have had personal information compromised. In February some of the companies that were impacted were the music festival Coachella , the Arby’s restaurant chain, a company that creates...
A few months ago we mentioned a suit Shore v Johnson & Bell (Docket No. 116cv04363) concerning a potential class action suit against the firm for not having security measures up to industry standards and thus not properly protecting client data. Turns out...
When completing the attorney malpractice insurance application, a frequent question is how to answer the number of hours “worked”. Many attorneys spend 60 or more hours a week in the office, but that rarely translates into even 40 billable...
