L Squared Insurance Agency Blog: attorney malpractice insurance
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018What is an attorney to do? Depending on the state you live in, paid marketing services from vendors such as Avvo can be in the legal cross hairs of your state ethics committees. Pasts blogs, ‘Ethics Opinion on Fee-Sharing is bad news for Avvo Legal Services' and ‘Attorney ... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, November 6, 2018Approximately twenty-five percent of legal malpractice claims result from calendaring issues. The claims can range from failure to know a deadline, failure to timely file, failure to record in a calendar or failure to respond to a calendar reminder. Law firms should use calendaring for all projects, events and deadlines. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, November 6, 2018A November 1, 2018, article by Gregory A. Gidus and John C. Pitblado by of Carlton Fields article entitled "Failure To Procure Cyber Insurance Could Haunt Your Company" about a federal court decision goes directly to the question as to whether you need to purchase cyber insurance. READ MORE >>
Friday, November 2, 2018Remember the TV show that voted you off if you were the weakest link? A number of studies have concluded that the person at the keyboard is your weakest link and the greatest data security threat. In fact employees were the number one cause of data breaches in small and mid-sized businesses accounting for over 48% of all incidents. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, October 31, 2018Attorneys love to publicize success stories on their websites and social media. Posting about recent victories is valuable marketing tool to generate new clients. Attorney success stories can often disclose details regarding clients, which could raise client confidentiality concerns. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, October 30, 2018Remember the Abbott & Costello baseball routine. Who is on 1st, What is on 2nd and I Don’t Know is on 3rd ? Well this is a little like that. It can be a little maddening to figure out what is going on. READ MORE >>
Friday, October 26, 2018An often overlooked item is what entities are actually insured under the Attorney Malpractice Insurance Policy? Attorney Malpractice Insurance policies are written on behalf of the named insured firm. All attorneys that work for the firm are insured for the work that they do for the firm under that policy. READ MORE >>
Thursday, October 25, 2018Legal Malpractice Insuring agreements are not created equally. The insuring agreement might also be called “Defense and Settlement” or a similar name. This plus the “Additional Coverages” sections tell you the intent of the policy. Lookout for these key terms in the insuring agreement: READ MORE >>
Tuesday, October 23, 2018You cannot know what is covered until you know what is not covered. Attorney professional liability insurance policies are not standard, so making the assumption that every Attorney Malpractice Insurance policy is the same; as the saying goes will make an “Ass out of you”. READ MORE >>
Monday, October 22, 2018You are very happy as it appears that your new policy is going to save you money. But as with the changing seasons there are certain things you want to check when you switch claims-made malpractice insurers. Items to check: 1. Check the named insured and who is insured. READ MORE >>
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