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ALPS Named 2015 Employer of Choice by the Job Service Employers Council
ALPS, the nation's largest direct writer of lawyers' malpractice insurance based in Missoula, Montana, was recently named by the Job Service Employers Council (JSEC) as the Employer of Choice for...
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ALPS 411 Blog Digest - February 2015 Edition
Why the Use of an Engagement Letter Should Never be Optional By Mark BassingthwaighteEngagement letters seem to be one of those documents that most attorneys intellectually appreciate the value of but...
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Washington State Bar Association announces ALPS as its newly endorsed carrier...
Monday March 9, 2015 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington State Bar Association announces ALPS as its newly endorsed carrier for lawyers' professional liability insurance Based on the company's...
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ALPS CFO Sara Smith travels to Vietnam as part of international program
(Missoula, MT March 10, 2015) – ALPS CFO, Sara Smith, recently embarked on a two week trip in Vietnam as part of an international business exchange program in conjunction with the Mansfield Center of...
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Getting Started Solo - A 2-part webinar series
In this two-part, 3-hour program, the presenters will identify and discuss the principal issues that an attorney should address in going through the process of establishing a solo practice. A sampling...
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Why You Want To Have Cyber Liability Insurance
An attorney’s decision to use a computer tablet, a cloud based service such as Dropbox, a smart phone, a Wi-Fi network, or even basic email in the furtherance of delivering legal services is not in and...
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Who’s Steering the Ship? Managing the Business Side of Your Firm
I have always felt that my law school education missed one key component because a comprehensive course on how to manage the business side of a law practice was never offered. Trust me, I had my fair...
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There is No Such Thing as a "Simple" Personal Injury Matter!
I’m always cautioning attorneys about the hazards of dabbling, reminding them that there really is no such thing as a “simple” will or contract. This advice is never shared with the intention of...
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Why You Don’t Want to Take Business Planning Completely Off the Table
Businesses of all shapes and sizes often spend time at the end of each fiscal year developing, reviewing and/or updating their mission statement, strategic plan, and operational plan. While a few solo...
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Why You Should Never Say Never to Malpractice Insurance -The True Cost of...
I will admit I honestly don’t understand why a lawyer would ever decide to not buy a malpractice policy; but many lawyers do just that and the reasons I hear are many. Some try to justify their...
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Don’t Get Caught by a Legacy System Oversight
My first computer came with a built-in 5 ¼ inch floppy drive and the new 3 ½ inch disk drive that was just out. Suffice it to say I was more than a little excited! This was a DOS based system and I...
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How to Avoid the Legal Fee Suit Counterclaim
You finish a client matter. You believe you did good work and got a good result for your client. Then, as sometimes happens, you are forced to come to grips with the reality that this client has...
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ALPS and Virginia State Bar Celebrate 15 years of partnership
On October 27, 2015 ALPS and the Virginia State Bar commemorated 15 years of partnership.We understand just how important it is to you to have a strong, stable insurance provider. As the VSB’s...
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December 2015 ALPS 411 Blog Digest
Are You Happy? By Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq.I am so curious about how others might respond to title of this post. I suspect more than a few would simply dismiss the topic viewing it as irrelevant. In...
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Never Minimize the Significance of Client Driven Indemnity Provisions!
I recently took yet another call from a lawyer wanting to know my thoughts about a new business opportunity. It’s the call that starts out with so and so company wants the lawyer to be their exclusive...
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Colorado Bar Association Announces Endorsement of ALPS as its Endorsed Direct...
In July of 2015, based on the unique and differing malpractice insurance needs of lawyers and law firms, the Colorado Bar Association (CBA), after an extensive due diligence process, endorsed two...
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How to Manage the Risks Associated with Substantive Errors
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability has been providing a statistical analysis of claims data collected from various lawyer-owned and commercial insurance...
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How To Best Fill Out An LPL Policy Application
Filling out applications for Lawyers’ Professional Liability Insurance is about as appetizing as eating that fruit cake your great Aunt Reitha sent you for Christmas. While well meaning, and a “good”...
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How Long Do We Need to Keep Our Closed Files?
As a risk manager, this question is the one question I’m asked more than any other and I get it. Although my wife is a physician, she had to deal with the same issue. We were paying to store her closed...
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ALPS and SpeakWrite partner to serve policyholders
SpeakWrite offers cloud-based transcription service to ALPS customers.ALPS, the nation's largest direct writer of lawyers' malpractice insurance, and SpeakWrite, a cloud-based transcription service,...
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