Hinshaw's annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference is the industry's gold standard for advice on litigating legal malpractice claims and navigating legal malpractice insurance, professional responsibility,...more
Do you have plans for March 7-9? Join us at Hinshaw's 22nd Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Register by January 27 to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount.
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1/13/2023
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The Business of Ransomware – A New Normal -
In the first half 2021, Accenture reported triple-digit growth in cyber intrusion activity including ransomware attacks on the world's legal, accounting, and insurance industries....more
Please join us for the 21st Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) for one-and-a-half days of practical and engaging panel sessions focused on current and important developments in the law, litigation of...more
Please join us for the 20th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference—An All New Virtual Experience for three half-days of practical and engaging online programming focused on current and important...more
1/11/2021
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Florida State Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law Advisory Opinion #2019-4 (August 17, 2020) -
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The Florida State Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law (Committee)...more
8/13/2020
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Risk Management Question -
What precautions can law firms, along with their lawyers and staff, take when they receive an unexpected request for protected health information (PHI) from someone claiming to be a...more
4/10/2020
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Risk Management Question -
What precautions can lawyers, staff, and law firms take to avoid pandemic-related cyber scams?...more
3/21/2020
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The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter – Special Edition -
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Reactions to this declaration and the spread of the virus are in a...more
3/14/2020
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The range of issues confronting today's business leaders is enlarging at breakneck speed. Emerging concerns, such as geopolitical unrest, corporate governance mishaps, and climate risks, can have significant impacts on...more
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Fraudsters seeking to take your money or personal information use a variety of phone scams, including SMSishing (text-based phishing). How can you and your employees protect against phone scams?...more
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How can you train your law firm employees to spot bogus charity and disaster relief requests?
The Issue -
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday—one of the most popular days for charities to ask for...more
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How do you recognize and protect against tech support scams?
The Issue -
Many will celebrate this holiday season by treating themselves or a loved one to the gift of technology. A shiny new...more
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What steps can law firms take to guard against greeting e-card scams?
The Issue -
Winter is coming, and along with it, your employees may start receiving holiday e-cards on their work...more
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As the 2019 holiday season quickly approaches, you can expect a flood of holiday-themed scams. Malicious actors are ready and waiting to exploit the goodwill of the holiday season by trying to...more
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In haste, you mistakenly respond to a spoofed email that appears to be from a colleague before realizing you've just provided your cell phone number to a hacker. Or, you leave your cell phone in a...more
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What can lawyers do to identify how hackers are using business tools—such as the transcription of voice messages into emails—as weapons to access law firms' systems, and how should the attacks be...more
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How can you tell if an email—which appears to be from within a firm's own messaging system, advising the recipient that his or her information has expired or needs to be updated, and directing...more
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What steps can lawyers and law firms take to guard against phishing attacks that try to re-route direct deposit paychecks to a scammer's bank account?...more
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What are "password spray" attacks and what cybersecurity measures do lawyers need to take to defeat them?...more
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The Canadian Trade Commission recently issued a warning about a new email scam that involves the sender posing as a Chinese registrar company and attempting to convince the receiver that an...more
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What is an impersonation attack and what steps should you take to protect yourself and your firm?...more
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How can you protect your privacy in light of a significant vulnerability recently discovered in Apple’s FaceTime App?...more
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Are you one of 500 million guests whose personal and financial information was compromised in the recent breach of Marriott's guest reservation system?...more
Risk Management Question: The title of this Alert is not merely click bait; it’s a real life lesson about cyber security risks and how not to handle them. The fact that it involves a famous hip-hop artist should hopefully get...more