Subjects from A to Z
Arbitration (1)
Asset Evaluation (7)
- Divorce Malpractice Style: Inadequate Advice on Financial Terms
- Know Your Options in Divorce: Evaluating Stock Option Marital Assets
- Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
- Bull Markets and Malpractice: Risk Managing Asset Evaluations
- QDROs, Pensions, and Malpractice
- 2001 Malpractice Review: Divorce - What's Hers? What's His?
- Malpractice Risk in Divorce Matters Captures the Headlines in 2002
Bankruptcy (5)
- The Elevated Risks Associated with Insolvent Clients
- BEWARE the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation Act (MFDRA) Risk Management – Time Running Out for Lawyers Handling Foreclosures
- Bankruptcy – Client Trust Accounts
- On December 1, 2011, the 2011 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure went into Effect
Champerty (1)
Checklists (29)
- An Attorney is Leaving the Firm; Now What?
- What Happens To Your Clients If Something Happens to You?: Checklists for Closing a Practice
- L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
- Cell Phone Spyware Facts
- Client Contact Sheet
- Law Practice Assessment
- Common Real Estate Malpractice Errors
- Risk Management Analysis
- The Ten Commandments of Real Estate Closings
- Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
- Are You Competent To Accept A Matter That Will Require Extensive E-Discovery?
- Are You Ready For The Next Scam Targeting Lawyers?
- Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
- Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
- Risk Management Checklists For Maternity Leave
- Immigration Client Information Checklist
- Conflict Avoidance: Top Ten List
- Risk Managing Conflicts of Interest when Advising the Elderly in Estate Planning
- Fee Disputes and Legal Malpractice
- When To Do Conflict Checks - "Do them early; do them often; do them accurately."
- How to Avoid Complaints and Claims in Divorce Representations by Using a Comprehensive Client Communication Plan
- A Checklist for Avoiding Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information and Privileged Communications
- Client Screening - Can you Spot an Unworthy Client?
- Letters of Engagement are a Hot Topic with Insurers and Risk Managers
- Structured Settlements
- A Checklist for Risk Managing Settlements
- Avoiding Legal Malpractice and Bar Complaints in Family Law Cases
- Lawyers Mutual’s Checklist for Business Transaction Risk Management
- One and Done May be OK for Kentucky Basketball, but Not OK for Kentucky Lawyer Conflicts of Interest Checks
Client Confidentiality (10)
- Breaching Client Confidentiality - Duh?
- Q: What’s in a Client’s Name?
- Pillow Talk and Client Confidentiality Are Not a Good Match
- The Growing Threats to Client (and Firm) Data - Managing Technology to Meet the Challenges
- A Checklist for Avoiding Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Information and Privileged Communications
- The "New New" Thing in Inadvertent Disclosure - Risk Managing Redaction
- What is Your Responsibility for Loss of Client Confidentiality and Client Privacy When Your Firm Computer and Internet Devices are Hacked?
- Carelessness with Client Files Exposes Two Law Firms to Serious Malpractice Exposure
- Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
- The Internet's Impact on Client Screening Risk Management
Client Trust Accounts (13)
- Test Your Client Trust Account IQ
- Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
- Client Trust Account: Principles & Management for Kentucky Lawyers 2nd Edition
- Risk Management Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions: Negligent Escrow Agent Referrals
- The Check 21 Act and Client Trust Accounts
- ABA House of Delegates Approves New Model Rules for Client Trust Account Recordkeeping
- When Did You Last Reconcile Your Client Trust Account
- Double Signature Checks Aren't What They Used to Be
- Bankruptcy – Client Trust Accounts
- Bank Failure Exposes Lawyer to Liability for Trust Fund Loss
- How Safe is the Bank that Holds Your Client Trust Account?
- Risk Managing the Ethical Duty to Pay Vendors
- Client Trust Account Horror Story
Clients (30)
- Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
- The Secret Life of Client Files
- How to Fire a Client
- Prospective Clients, Neither Fish Nor Foul
- The Amazing Client Electronic Files
- Investing in Client.com
- The Delicate Ethical Requirements of Representing a Person With Diminished Capacity
- Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
- Closed Client File Retention Policy: Best Practices
- Missing Client: I Can't Find My Client!
- What Should You Do if Your Client Asks For Return of Files In Computer Disk Form?
- When is a Client Not a Client and Vice Versa?
- Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
- KBA Ethics Opinion E-436 Provides Updated Guidance on Retention and Disposal of Closed Client Files
- Q: What’s in a Client’s Name?
- Risk Managing the Delicate Representation of an Abused Client or One with Diminished Capacity
- What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
- What Constitutes Reasonable Diligence in Attempting to Locate a Missing Client?
- Client Files Part I: How Long Should You Keep Client Files?
- Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
- Client Files Part II: How to Properly Close and Destroy Client Files
- Taking On Someone Else's Dissatisfied Client
- What we Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
- Client Screening - Can you Spot an Unworthy Client?
- Scope of Engagement – Elder Adult Representation - Adding Provisions to Power of Attorney Inadvertently Enlarges Scope of Ohio Lawyer’s Duty to Client (Svaldi v. Holmes, 2012 Ohio 6161, 12/27/12)
- Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
- Negligent Advice Malpractice Claims
- You Have Eight Weeks To File Suit in a High Dollar Case But Can't Find Your Client - What Do You Do Now?
- One and Done May be OK for Kentucky Basketball, but Not OK for Kentucky Lawyer Conflicts of Interest Checks
- When Does a Potential Client Become a Prospective Client?
Computers (18)
- The Amazing Client Electronic Files
- Is it Time for Your Firm to Start Online Data Backup?
- Are YOU Competent in Computer-Assisted Legal Research - CALR?
- Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
- Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
- Future Shock - Automated Federal Docket Tracking
- Ten Technology Traps and How to Avoid Them
- What Kentucky Lawyers Need to Know about the Ethics and Risk Management of Cloud Computing
- What is Your Responsibility for Loss of Client Confidentiality and Client Privacy When Your Firm Computer and Internet Devices are Hacked?
- When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?
- Computer Malpractice Risks
- Developing Malpractice Issues: Failure to do Computer Research
- Computer Assisted Legal Research - CALR - Are You on Board?
- Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
- Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
- Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
- Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
- Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
Conflicts of Interest (12)
- What Do Hot Potato Clients Have in Common With Thrust Upon Clients?
- Investing in Client.com
- L + C3 = RM2, A Formula for Malpractice Risk Management
- Conflicts of Interest, Waiver Letters
- Dropping a Client to Take A New Client - The Hot Potato Client
- What Do You Do When a Joint Client Revokes a Conflict Waiver?
- Conflict Avoidance: Top Ten List
- When To Do Conflict Checks - "Do them early; do them often; do them accurately."
- Appearance of Impropriety - It's Baaaack !!! - "The Appearance of Impropriety"
- The Kentucky Supreme Court Dumps the "Appearance of Impropriety" Conflict of Interest Standard
- Ineffective Screening Can Be Costly
- Are You Sure You Understand the Difference Between When It Is OK to "Reveal" Client Confidential Information and When It is OK to "Use" Client Confidential Information?
Consumer Issues (4)
Contract Lawyers (2)
Cyber Security Risk Management (7)
- Can Defense Counsel Show They Are Cyber Secure?
- Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
- Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
- Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
- Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
- Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
- Top Takeaways: 2023 Hinshaw Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference
Damages (3)
- Kentucky Supreme Court in a Landmark Decision Addresses "Suit Within a Suit", Emotional Distress Claims, and Punitive Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims
- Another One Bites The Dust! Civil Rule 8.01 Takes Out Plaintiffs (And Their Counsel)
- Keeping Up With Fratzke v. Murphy: Recent Court of Appeals Case Offers Opportunity for Avoiding Malpractice When Plaintiff Lawyer Fails to Seasonably Answer Interrogatories Requesting Specification of Damages
Debt Collection (3)
Defense Counsel (3)
Disaster Planning (11)
- Getting Physical - Are You Ready for an Office Catastrophe?
- What Happens To Your Clients If Something Happens to You?: Checklists for Closing a Practice
- Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
- Client Notification Requirements in the Wake of a Disaster
- Disaster Planning Series #1: Back-ups for your Who, What, When
- Disaster Planning Series #2: Checklist: Preparing Your Agreement with Your Back-Up Attorney
- Disaster Planning Series #3: Checklist: Preparing Information for Your Back-Up Attorney
- Disaster Planning Series #4: Your Client Dies During Litigation. Now What?
- Disaster Planning Series #5: Ethical Considerations and The Cloud
- Cancer Strikes Two Lawyers and Leads to Harsh Results
- Risk Managing Closed And Abandoned Practices
Divorce (9)
- Divorce Malpractice Style: Inadequate Advice on Financial Terms
- Know Your Options in Divorce: Evaluating Stock Option Marital Assets
- Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
- Family Law: Post-Divorce Risk Management
- How to Avoid Complaints and Claims in Divorce Representations by Using a Comprehensive Client Communication Plan
- Keeping Up with the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) Is a Risk Management Must for Kentucky Lawyers Whose Practice Includes Divorce Matters
- QDROs, Pensions, and Malpractice
- 2001 Malpractice Review: Divorce - What's Hers? What's His?
- Malpractice Risk in Divorce Matters Captures the Headlines in 2002
E-Discovery (4)
Email Risk Management (6)
- Email Plays Significant Part in Overruling Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Lawyer in Malpractice Suit
- Failure to Risk Manage Spam Email Costs Firm Opportunity to Appeal Assessment of Attorney's Fees as High as $1,000,000
- How Should a Firm Manage Email Sent to the Firm for a Lawyer No Longer Associated with the Firm?
- Reasons Not to Use "cc:" "bcc:" or "reply all:" When Copying Emails to a Client
- Risk Managing Email
- Web-Bugged Emails – aka "Spymail"
Expert Witnesses (2)
Family Law (2)
Fees (17)
- Credit Cards, Firm Trust Accounts and Thou
- Investing in Client.com
- New Ruling Makes a Major Change in Contingent Fee Dispute Resolution
- Should You Accept Credit Cards for Fee Payments?
- Avoiding Fee Disputes - When Are Advance Fees Earned?
- Bizarre Billing Practice Defeats Firm’s Collection Suit for $332,569
- Does Your Client Have Insurance For Litigation Expenses?
- "A Computer Virus Ate My Billing Records" is No Defense to a Bar Complaint Over Fees
- Fee Disputes and Legal Malpractice
- Do You Know the Ethics Rules for Increasing Fees During a Representation?
- Your New Client Wants to Pay Your Fee by Crowdfunding on the Internet.
- The Perils of Splitting Fees
- Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
- Getting Paid in Hard Economic Times
- Risk Managing Disputed Shared Fee Division
- Kentucky Supreme Court Spells Out When A Lawyer Who Is Discharged Or Withdraws From A Contingency Fee Case Is Entitled To A Quantum Merit Fee
- Top Takeaways: 2023 Hinshaw Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference
Files (16)
- The Secret Life of Client Files
- The Amazing Client Electronic Files
- Closing a Kentucky Law Office: A Guide for After the Death of a Kentucky Sole Practitioner
- Closed Client File Retention Policy: Best Practices
- What Should You Do if Your Client Asks For Return of Files In Computer Disk Form?
- Client Files – Risk Managing Client E-Mail
- KBA Ethics Opinion E-436 Provides Updated Guidance on Retention and Disposal of Closed Client Files
- Client Files Part I: How Long Should You Keep Client Files?
- The Growing Threats to Client (and Firm) Data - Managing Technology to Meet the Challenges
- Client Files Part II: How to Properly Close and Destroy Client Files
- Don't Let the Cloud Rain on Your Practice
- Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
- Risk Managing the Release and Destruction of Client Files
- Documenting the File Involves Much More Than You May Think
- Carelessness with Client Files Exposes Two Law Firms to Serious Malpractice Exposure
- Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
Immigration (5)
- Is There a Duty to Advise Foreign Nationals of Their Right to Consult with Their Country's Consular Mission?
- Immigration Client Information Checklist
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules that it is Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Not to Inform a Noncitizen Client that a Guilty Plea May Lead to Deportation
- 2001 Malpractice Review: Immigration Law is the "New New" Thing in 2001
- Risk Managing Interpreters
Impaired Lawyers (4)
Internet (24)
- Lawyer Website Disclaimers - Fact or Fiction?
- The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part I
- The Amazing Client Electronic Files
- The Impact of the Internet on a Lawyer's Standard of Care & Professional Responsibility – Part II
- The Social Media and Lawyer Risk Management
- Carefully Risk Manage Website E-Mail From Strangers Seeking Counsel
- Deciding Whether To Use New Technology To Transmit Or Store Confidential Client Information
- Do I Need To Encrypt This Email?
- Risk Managing Internet Social Network Investigations
- The Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Investigating Jurors on Social Media
- Your New Client Wants to Pay Your Fee by Crowdfunding on the Internet.
- Cyberspace, Malpractice, and You
- What Kentucky Lawyers Need to Know about the Ethics and Risk Management of Cloud Computing
- Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
- When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?
- Risk Managing Social Media Criticism of Lawyers
- Risk Managing Advice to Clients on Social Media Matters
- What Do You Really Know About Social Media Professional Responsibility?
- Officer And Director Liability For Cyber Security Attacks
- Are You Competent to Practice the New Law of Lawyer Technology Competence?
- Attorney’s Liability For Data Breaches
- Ethics Still Apply: Even When Your Head Is In The 'Cloud'
- Keeping Up With Social Media Risk Management
- Are You Ready For An E-Device U.S. Border Search – AKA Digital Strip Search?
Investigations (3)
Judges (1)
Law Firms (17)
- A Guide to Setting Up and Running Your Law Practice
- An Attorney is Leaving the Firm; Now What?
- Movin' On Redux
- The Secret Life of Client Files
- Sharing Offices: The Ethical, Risk Management, and Practical Considerations
- Boss Professional Responsibility
- So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
- Movin' On, Professional Responsibility, Risk Management and Lawyer Mobility
- Mergers – Risk Managing a Firm Merger
- Grabbing and Leaving - KBA Ethics Opinion 424
- Lateral Hire Risk Management
- Law Firm Breakups
- The Insurance Marketplace
- High Tech Tools - and Traps - for Mergers and Lateral Hiring
- Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
- The Risk of Leveraging Your Practice with Part-Time Lawyers and Office Sharing
- Weighty Mail
Lawyer Mobility (3)
Leap Year (2)
Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations (7)
- The Supreme Court Clears the Air
- Indiana Court of Appeals Adopts the Continuous Representation Rule for Legal Malpractice Suits
- Civil Rule 60.02 Motion Does Not Toll the One-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Suits - KRS 413.245
- Illinois Statute of Limitations Malpractice Case a Good Object Lesson for Kentucky Lawyers
- The Kentucky Supreme Court Locks Down the Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations in Abel v. Austin (411 S.W. 3d 728 (Ky, 2013)
- Beware of the Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases When the Injury Occurs Outside Kentucky
- Missed Statutes of Limitation, Dog Cases, and Not Knowing What You Are Doing
Letters of Engagement, Nonengagement and Disengagement (8)
- Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Litigation)
- Letter of Engagement, Hourly Fees (Non-Litigation)
- Letter of Engagement, Optional Clauses
- Letters of Engagement, Contingency Fees
- Special Situations
- Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
- Beware of Business Client-Imposed Guidelines on Outside Counsel
- Letters of Engagement are a Hot Topic with Insurers and Risk Managers
Limited Scope Representation (4)
- Where L.A. Law Meets Home Improvement
- Limited Scope Representations Must Be Carefully Risk Managed
- In Landmark Opinion Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Limited Scope Representation Guidance
- Caveat: Extending a Professional Courtesy to a Lawyer Friend Can Result in Ethics Violations and Malpractice Claims
Litigation (6)
- eFiling Rules Summary
- Does Your Client Have Insurance For Litigation Expenses?
- Kentucky Supreme Court in a Landmark Decision Addresses "Suit Within a Suit", Emotional Distress Claims, and Punitive Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims
- Beware the Phantom Statute of Limitations in Some UM and UIM Insurance Contracts
- Do Your Clients’ Litigation Funding Contracts Violate Kentucky’s Champerty Prohibition?
- Don’t Trip Over the Recent Kentucky Court of Appeals Interpretation of CR 8.01
Malpractice Claim Management (9)
- Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 2007 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
- Hard Economic Times Mean More Malpractice Claims
- So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
- How Dumb Is This?: Lawyer Dumps Old Files in Dumpster and Other Dumb Stuff Lawyers Do
- What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
- Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 1996 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
- What Is Your Duty To Notify Clients Of Malpractice And Other Errors? What About Insurers?
- Be Careful What You Tell Clients When Informing Them That Mistakes Were Made
- Top Tips for Mitigating Malpractice Risk
Malpractice Insurance (5)
- So You've Been Accused of Legal Malpractice? Well, Don't Just Do Something - Sit There!
- Choosing the Right Amount of Coverage
- Failure to Comply with a Malpractice Insurance Policy “Claims Made” Reporting Requirement Could Cost Michigan Lawyer
- Incidents of Potential Malpractice are Not Incidental
- The Advantages of Purchasing Insurance Directly From an Insurance Company
Malpractice Trends (9)
- Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 2007 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
- Hard Economic Times Mean More Malpractice Claims
- The Top Five Ethical Violations Found in Malpractice Claims
- Legal Malpractice in Kentucky: A 1996 Statistical Review of Kentucky Malpractice
- Significant Observations From the NABRICO '96 Malpractice Study
- Top Ten Malpractice Claims by Area of Practice
- National Conference Studies Malpractice and Risk Management Trends
- Malpractice Avoidance – Client Screening
- What We Learned About Legal Malpractice in Kentucky in 25 Years
Mental Health (4)
Military Members (6)
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Expanded to Cover National Guard Members Responding to a National Emergency
- Keeping Up With the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- Advising Small Business Service-Disabled Veterans on Federal Contracting Preferences
- Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Signed Into Law
- Keeping Up with the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) Is a Risk Management Must for Kentucky Lawyers Whose Practice Includes Divorce Matters
- Maintaining Competency When Advising Servicemembers and Their Families
Negotiation and Settlement (16)
- Unsettling Settlements, And it's Malpractice Down the Home Stretch
- Confidential Settlements, Kiss and Don't Tell
- State Medicaid Subrogation Expanded
- The Implications of Gallardo v. Marstiller
- Settlement Negotiations and the "Apparent Authority" Doctrine
- Developing Malpractice Issues: Judgement Immunity
- Nationwide Family Lawyers Struggle with Marital Assets Settlements
- Lying – Untruthful Negotiations
- Please Release Me - A Malpractice Trap for the Unwary
- New Law Limits Sale of Structured Settlements
- Proving Actual Settlement Authority
- Structured Settlements
- Developing Malpractice Issues: Failure to do Computer Research
- A Checklist for Risk Managing Settlements
- Risk Managing Aggregate Settlements
- Failure to Inform Client of Settlement Offer Costs Lawyer $84,000 in Fees
Nonclient Liability (6)
- Negligence Liability to Nonclients
- Malpractice Trends: Nonclient Malpractice
- Attorney-Client Relationship; Third Party Liability – Statutory Beneficiaries
- Negligence Liability
- Nonclient Liability: The Beat Goes On and On!
- The Kentucky Court of Appeals Addressed Attorney-Client Privity and Lawyer Liability to Third Parties in Anderson v. Pete
Of Counsel (2)
Older Adult Representation (5)
- Golden Oldies, The Graying of Professional Responsibility
- If Old Age Isn't for Sissies, Representing Older Adults Isn't for Wimps
- Risk Managing Conflicts of Interest when Advising the Elderly in Estate Planning
- Scope of Engagement – Elder Adult Representation - Adding Provisions to Power of Attorney Inadvertently Enlarges Scope of Ohio Lawyer’s Duty to Client (Svaldi v. Holmes, 2012 Ohio 6161, 12/27/12)
- 2001 Malpractice Review: The Hazards of Representing Older Adults
Real Estate (14)
- Lead-Based Paint: HUD Issues New Lead-Based Paint Hazard Regulation
- Risk Management Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions: Negligent Escrow Agent Referrals
- Hard Economic Times Mean a Surge in Real Estate Malpractice Claims
- The Ten Commandments of Real Estate Closings
- The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation Act (MFDRA) Risk Management – Time Running Out for Lawyers Handling Foreclosures
- The Three Most Important Words in Real Estate Malpractice! Malpractice! Malpractice!
- Test Your Title Search Expertise
- SCAMS: Even Mega Law Firms Can Be Victims of Real Estate Settlement Fraud
- Foreclosure Sale Malpractice Alert
- Don’t Let a Title Opinion Expose You to the Risk of Becoming the Deep Pockets When the Property Is Used as Security for a Business Loan that Goes Bad
- Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4852d
- The Subprime Mortgage Mess Heightens the Risk of Malpractice Claims
- Avoiding Malpractice in Foreclosure Suits and Sales
- Real Estate – Title Examinations: Does Reliance on an Affidavit of Descent Properly Filed in the County Court Clerk’s Office Meet the Malpractice Standard of Care when Performing a Title Examination?
Scams (18)
- Beware of Scams
- Lawyer Scams II: Business Loan Fraud; Debt Collection Fraud
- The Latest Scam of Special Interest to Lawyers: Client Deposits Lawyer's Trust Account By Phone Then Returns Check and Gets Wire Transfer From Lawyer
- Do You Know What a “Typosquatter” Is?
- Are You Ready For The Next Scam Targeting Lawyers?
- Bar Association Scam Warnings
- Money Mule Scams*
- Phishing Scams
- Ransomware
- Scam Professional Responsibility
- Trust Account Scams
- What Are a Transaction Lawyer’s Due Diligence Requirements When a Client’s Matter Raises a Suspicion of Illegality?
- Lawyer Scams III: Panel Discussion of the Problem
- SCAMS: Even Mega Law Firms Can Be Victims of Real Estate Settlement Fraud
- Lawyer Scams Continue to Plague Kentucky Lawyers
- Keeping Up with Lawyer Scams - Cryptolocker and Ransomware
- Lawyer Scams I: Fictious Foreign Company Seeks Representation In Collection Matter
- Lawyer Scams: Nigeria Strikes Again
Secretaries (2)
Sharing Offices (2)
Social Media (10)
- The Social Media and Lawyer Risk Management
- Avoid Ethics Violations in Responding to Harsh Criticism on the Social Media – If You Respond at All
- Risk Managing Internet Social Network Investigations
- The Kentucky Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Investigating Jurors on Social Media
- Does Your Firm Have a “BYOD to Work” Risk Management Program?
- When is LinkedIn Attorney Advertising?
- Risk Managing Social Media Criticism of Lawyers
- Risk Managing Advice to Clients on Social Media Matters
- What Do You Really Know About Social Media Professional Responsibility?
- Keeping Up With Social Media Risk Management
Statute of Limitations (5)
- Beware the Phantom Statute of Limitations in Some UM and UIM Insurance Contracts
- Beware of the Statute of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases When the Injury Occurs Outside Kentucky
- Are You Keeping Up with Statute of Limitations Changes?
- Computation of Time Deadlines and Leap Year 2008
- Missed Statutes of Limitation, Dog Cases, and Not Knowing What You Are Doing
Taxes (3)
Termination of Representation (6)
- How to Fire a Client
- Closing Letters: When Does A Client Become a Former Client?
- Kentucky Lawyer’s Failure to Properly Withdraw from Representation Results in Criminal Contempt Finding
- Firing a Non-Paying Client Results in Public Reprimand
- Risk Managing Withdrawal for a Client’s Failure to Pay Fees
- Withdrawal Without Cause Results in Loss of Kentucky Lawyer’s Fees
Wills and Probate (7)
- Risk Managing Estate Planning More Complex Than Ever
- Kentucky Supreme Court Issues Firm Guidance for Lawyers Serving as Both Executor and Attorney for the Estate
- Trust And Estates Now Viewed As The Riskiest Practice Area For Malpractice Claims
- Boilerplate in Wills Continues to Cause Problems
- Beware of the Easy Stuff, Walk Carefully through Probate
- 2001 Malpractice Review: 2001 Federal Tax Law Shakes Up Estate Planning
- Estate Planning Malpractice Traps