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Home > Blog > Protect Your Firm During These Extraordinary Times
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

Protect Your Firm During These Extraordinary Times

Attorney Protective

 

 

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/publications/gp_solo/2011/march/the_biggest_malpractice_claim_risks/

 

  • Use this time to review the firm’s practices and procedures. Check that the firm has the appropriate policies in place regarding intake procedures, pleading templates and conflict checking systems.
  • Maintaining thorough documentation regarding instructions received from clientsand work performed on a file may help in defending a potential legal malpracticeclaim in the future.
  • If you are considering expanding your area of practice, register for CLE coursesto educate yourself with the laws and procedures in that field. There are a lot of discounted or free CLE programs right now, so take advantage!

 

 

 

 

  • Consider deploying external message flagging, so that users
    are alerted thata message is from an external source.
  • Do not click on suspicious attachments or links.
  • Consider utilizing multi-factor authentication which, as well as
    a user nameand a password, requires additional information
    to access the email account.
  • Look into providing employees access to a virtual private
    network (VPN) so they can establish a secure connection
    to Wi-Fi from home.
  • Find more security tips in the latest edition of AttPro Ally.

 

 

 

 

  • Conduct communications, including telephone calls, text messages, email, and video conferencing in a manner
    that minimizes the risk of inadvertent disclosure of
    confidential information.
  • Employees’ remote workspaces should be designed to prevent
    the disclosure of confidential information in both paper and electronic form.
  • Consider the use of encryption to assure that information sent
    by electronic mail is protected from unauthorized disclosure.
  • A written work-from-home protocol specifying how to safeguard
    confidential business and personal information can be beneficial
  • For more guidance on ethically providing legal services from a home office seePBA Formal Opinion.

 

 

 

 

  • Review with clients whether, in light of COVID-19, it is in their interest todefer decisions or activity.
  • Confirm whether pending matters fall within the confines of any court continuances.
  • If transitioning from an e-calendar on your work device to a home device,check for gaps in data and print a hard copy of the calendar as well.
  • If working from home, it is important that you have secure
    access to any data or information you may need to meet any
    e-filing deadlines.
  • For more information visit AttPro’s COVID-19 risk management resource page

 

 

 

https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2020/03/coronavirus-and-disaster-response/

 

  • Firms should create a BCP designed to respond to any type
    of disaster, from a hard drive failure to a sudden illness.
  • Determine when the plan should be put into action, identify
    key players, and what to do if those essential personnel
    aren’t available.
  • Utilize guides such as the ABA’s GUIDE TO DEVELOPING AND CONDUCTING BUSINESS CONTINUITY EXERCISES to help your firm establish an effective plan.

 

Posted 6:28 PM

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