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Thursday, August 11, 2016Approximately twenty-five percent of legal malpractice claims result from calendaring issues, such as failure to know a deadline, failure to timely file, failure to record in a calendar or failure to respond to a calendar reminder. A law firm should use calendaring for all projects, events and deadlines. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, August 10, 2016You would never think to let your law firm go without attorney malpractice insurance. Workers Compensation insurance is required by law for your employees. A Business Owners Policy is there to protect your property and general liability exposures. But for certain special events, there may be no coverage. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, August 9, 2016Attorneys love to publicize success stories. Posting about recent victories can valuable marketing tool to generate new clients. With an attorney a success story can often disclose details regarding clients, which could raise client confidentiality concerns. READ MORE >>
Monday, August 8, 2016Once you have made sure that all of the entities that should be covered are covered, you understand the insuring agreement, and the policy exclusions, there is one more important step. You now know some of the What or in the case of the policy exclusions, what not; Where; and When; but you still need the Who and the rest of the What. READ MORE >>
Friday, August 5, 2016An important and sometimes overlooked item is what are the entities that are actually insured under the Lawyer Professional Liability Insurance Policy? Generally Attorney Malpractice Insurance policies are written on behalf of the named insured firm and all of the attorneys that work for the firm are insured for the work that they do for the firm. READ MORE >>
Thursday, August 4, 2016Starting your own Law Practice can be stressful. There are a lot of important choices you have to make to get your practice up and running to become successful. One of those to minimize up front expenses until the revenue starts to flow is starting the law practice in your home. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, August 3, 2016It should come as no surprise to you that general liability is a major issue for law firms. General liability lawsuits can bankrupt a firm just as easily as a attorney malpractice claim. As with making sure that you take care of the practice of law it is just as important to protect yoursel... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, August 2, 2016All Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Insuring agreements are not created equally. The insuring agreement also may be given another heading such as “defense and settlement” or another similar name. This plus additional coverages section(s) will tell you the attorney malpractice policy coverage intent. READ MORE >>
Monday, August 1, 2016AttPro Risk Tip of the Month Suing your client for fees often results in a counterclaim for legal malpractice. Try to resolve the issue with good communication with the client. If you need help, some bar associations offer fee dispute resolution assistance. READ MORE >>
Friday, July 29, 2016Determining how much Cyber Liability Insurance coverage you need can be difficult. The following Cyber Data Breach Calculator Link asks you to input your firm's risk factors. Once the calculator has this information, it will give you a recommended dollar amount as to your firm's exposure in dollars. READ MORE >>
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