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A Valentine’s Day Lawyer in the Police Blotter

A Valentine’s Day story about the redemptive power of love. Read More +

categories: Wellness, Risk Management

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: It’s a New Year; Fire a Client!

Five reasons why you should review your client files this New Year and fire at least one client. Read More +

categories: Practice Management Tips, Risk Management, Client Relations

Estate Planning Traps

Common estate planning errors Lawyers Mutual is seeing and how to avoid them. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Estate Planning, Malpractice Tips, Substantive

Avoiding Equitable Distribution & Alimony Claims

Equitable distribution and alimony claims review. Read More +

categories: Family Law, Substantive Law, Estate Planning, Risk Management, Substantive

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Alias or Pluries Summons – A Mistake Waiting to Happen

Preventing Alias or Pluries summonses mistakes. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Substantive

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: The Intake Interview - One Path to a Satisfied Client (And Lawyer)

A solid intake interview will go a long way to making sure the cases you choose to work on are fulfilling for you and your clients. Read More +

categories: Practice Management, Client Relations, Risk Management, Client Relations

Cybersecurity Tips: Starting Fresh in the New Year

File removal, a cybersecurity resolution for 2021. Read More +

categories: Practice Management, Technology, Risk Management, File Management

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: The Trustee’s Duty of Neutrality

Do you ever serve as trustee of a client’s trust? Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Ethics, Risk Management, Client Relations, Estate Planning, Substantive

Giving Thanks for an Astonishing Law Life

Being thankful and looking back on a law career. Read More +

categories: Law Practice Management, Wellness, Risk Management

Cybersecurity Tips: Being Thankful for a Plan

Tips for creating a plan for cybersecurity. Read More +

categories: Law Practice Management, Technology, Risk Management

Cybersecurity Tips: Tales from the Crypt(ography)

Cybersecurity Awareness Read More +

categories: Technology, Risk Management

The Lawyer Who Was Totally Unfiltered

There was once a lawyer who had a habit of starting sentences with, “I hope this doesn’t offend you, but ….” Read More +

categories: Risk Management, Client Relations

Practice points with Mark Scruggs: Get It Outta There!

Don’t let affirmative defenses that you deem meritless remain in the Answer and a part of the case.  Read More +

categories: Practice Management, Substantive Law, Ethics, Risk Management

Cybersecurity Tips: Setting You Up For Success

As we enter October, consider a goal of taking a little time each week to think about cybersecurity.  Read More +

categories: Law Practice Management, Technology, Risk Management

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Suing the Wrong Defendant

One of the most common errors we see at Lawyers Mutual is the failure to sue the right defendant before the statute of limitations expires.  Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Litigation

Law Lessons from Baseball in a Pandemic

There’s an important Law Lesson to be learned when baseball is played in empty parks, in front of cardboard cutout fans, by players who are not allowed to spit. Read More +

categories: Risk Management

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Conflicts and Confidentiality – the Bane of an Estates Lawyer

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs - Conflicts and Confidentiality Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Client Relations, Estate Planning, Substantive

Cybersecurity Tips: Culture of Security

Cybersecurity Tips Read More +

categories: Social Media, Technology, Risk Management

Section 230: How a 24-Year-Old Media Law Safeguards Your Client’s Website

Revisiting Section 230 Read More +

categories: Law Practice Management, Social Media, Technology, Risk Management, Client Relations

How Prospective Client Consultations Could Impact You — ABA Formal Opinion 492 Explained

Formal Opinion 492 -  Read More +

categories: Ethics, Client Relations, Risk Management, Client Relations
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