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Messaging Minefield: Managing Risks in Online Interactions

Practice
Management

Don’t be a phone scam victim

Practice
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Snowballing Mistakes

Practice
Management

Making matters worse

Practice
Management

Cyber Security Obligations – The Message is Clear

Practice
Management

A Judge’s View of File Notes

Practice
Management

Who is Your Client?

Practice
Management

Off to the right start?

Practice
Management

(Over)working from home

Practice
Management

Situation Critical – Key Dates

Practice
Management

Cyber Fraud – Everyone’s a Target

Practice
Management

Delay and COVID-19

Practice
Management

Cyber Fraud – Fake Emails

Practice
Management

Pressures of Practice

Practice
Management

The Importance of Formal Review Systems

Practice
Management

Money, Money, Money – Itemised Costs

Practice
Management

It Could Happen to You

Practice
Management

Will Your Translation Withstand the Challenge?

Practice
Management

Identity Theft – Beware the Man in the Middle

Practice
Management

Preparing your practice: managing legislative and technological change

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Lawcover’s 4-Part Cyber Series – Part 4. Lawcover’s Cyber Risk Insurance Policy

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Supervision of new lawyers

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Lawcover’s 4-Part Cyber Series – Part 1. Protect your Legal Practice from Cyber Fraud

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Lawcover’s 4-Part Cyber Series – Part 3. AI unplugged

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Legal Work on the Run

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Lawcover’s 4-Part Cyber Series – Part 2. Data and Privacy Breaches

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Lone Wolf Thinking

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Getting personal – limiting your exposure to personal costs orders

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Footing the bill – emerging trends and issues in costs

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Solicitors Under Fire: Economic Impact on Negligence Claims

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Cyber awareness for law practices

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Navigating the New – the Law Practice as a Business

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

File ownership and documents – who owns what?

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Delivering bad news

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Sexual Harassment in Law Practices

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Mental Fitness and Legal Practice

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Cyber Attacks on Law Practices

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Complaints against Solicitors

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Remote Working – Mitigating Risk

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Remote Working – Employment Issues

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Employment Risks in the Aftermath of Claims

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Client Files – Managing the Risk

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Your Practice − Four Essential Questions

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

The Cost of Defamation

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Practice Management Issues

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Practice Financials – The Power of the Dollar

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Cyber Risk – The Facts

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Changing Ethics – What is Expected?

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Getting Paid – Costs Issues

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Trauma-informed practice: Reducing risk and improving outcomes

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

Part 2 – Trauma-informed practice: Reducing risk and improving outcomes

Risk on Air episode

Practice
Management

It’s all in the detail – Retainer, advices, and files notes

Practice
Management

Oversee, don’t overlook

Practice
Management

Understanding your cost disclosure obligations

Practice
Management

COVID-19 and risk management challenges for law practices

Practice
Management

Top tips for minimising cyber attacks

Practice
Management

File notes – Recent developments

Practice
Management

The ongoing threat of cyber fraud

Practice
Management

Ticking time bombs? Practice management process

Practice
Management

What is the ruin of a person’s quality of life worth?

Practice
Management

Client impressions matter

Practice
Management

Cyber attacks – People and procedure are the first line of defence

Practice
Management

Internal crime – The forgotten risk?

Practice
Management

Is your law firm a safe place?

Practice
Management

Opportunistic cyber attacks – Lockdown

Practice
Management

Under the microscope – the breadth and nature of a retainer

Practice
Management

Looking on: The importance of supervision

Practice
Management

A cautionary tale – SMS to email

Practice
Management

Email assisted fraud – New and evolving threats

Practice
Management

Don’t panic! What to do and what not to do when facing a claim

Practice
Management

Protect yourself from paying a double excess

Practice
Management

Data security – Ask yourself some key questions

Practice
Management

Data security – What next?

Practice
Management

Could the secret to your success as a solicitor lie in asking the right questions?

Practice
Management

Check, check and then check again: Drafting errors resulting in claims against solicitors

Practice
Management

WeChat or don’t WeChat

Practice
Management

On notice – Lessons from ASIC v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd

Practice
Management

The importance of questioning assumptions

Practice
Management

Under pressure – Urgent advice needed

Practice
Management

Common questions – Answered by Lawcover

Practice
Management

Honesty is the best policy

Practice
Management

Stay secure – One step at a time

Practice
Management

Stress, workplace culture and risk

Practice
Management

Traps for junior solicitors

Practice
Management

Certificate of independent legal advice? Think twice!

Practice
Management

Let’s talk about ChatGPT

Practice
Management

Cyber update – Developments in methods of attack

Practice
Management

File reviews: A simple and effective risk management tool

Practice
Management

When many become one – aggregation of claims and the importance of Top Up insurance

Practice
Management

Compare or dispair

Practice
Management

Cyber criminals are targeting legal transactions

Practice
Management

Why cyber security is not the same as IT support

Practice
Management

Don’t call me, I’ll call you – Combatting fraudulent communications in the digital age

Practice
Management

Great expectations – Why managing client expectations is good risk management

Practice
Management

Messaging fatigue – Why you shouldn’t ignore cyber alerts

Practice
Management

Causes of claims and the importance of risk management

Practice
Management

Cyber assisted fraud – Still a substantial threat

Practice
Management

Destabilising the supervision structure

Practice
Management

Reasonable Supervision

Practice
Management

Is your firm privacy compliant?

Practice
Management

Ready to defend yourself? The power of the file note

Practice
Management

Caution – solicitor on board! Serving on a client’s board of directors

Practice
Management

Managing cyber risk – practical guidance

Practice
Management

Emails: Danger, handle with care

Practice
Management

Who do you think they are? Identifying your client

Practice
Management

Under pressure: the relationship between risk and stress

Practice
Management

Honesty is the best policy

Practice
Management

Reduce your risk by systematically managing critical dates

Practice
Management

Renewing your Lawcover Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) policy

Practice
Management

Supporting the legal profession with affordable, broad protection

Practice
Management

Law Society of NSW Professional Standards Scheme and Lawcover’s Top Up insurance: Broad protection for your practice

Practice
Management

Impersonation fraud – Saved from a costly mistake

Practice
Management

Why KYC isn’t just about AML/CTF

Practice
Management

Solicitor consultants: Have you considered your insurance cover?

Practice
Management

File notes: when to take them and when to use them

Practice
Management

Remote staff supervision: Managing the risks

Practice
Management

(Over)working from home and beyond

Practice
Management

Limitation periods: Simple? Not always

Practice
Management

How law firms can mitigate the risk of cyber attacks

Practice
Management

Protecting yourself from claims – when a file note saves the day

Practice
Management

The limited retainer – carving out property taxes

Practice
Management

Managing risks for law firms returning to the office

Practice
Management

When an inactive file becomes a problem

Practice
Management

To text or not to text: lawyering via chat apps, social media and messaging

Practice
Management

Russia/Ukraine sanctions: are you or your clients at risk of breaching the sanctions?

Practice
Management

The cost of litigation: Avoiding personal costs orders

Practice
Management

Traps for junior lawyers: Acting for friends and family can be risky business

Practice
Management

Play the ball and not the player: Considerations for legal practitioners seeking personal costs orders

Practice
Management

Navigating the legal consequences of ransom payments in the face of ransomware attacks

Practice
Management

Retainers and the extent of a solicitor’s duty of care

Practice
Management

Cybersecurity and legal regulation: why it’s crucial to stay on top of cyber risk

Practice
Management

Legal Practice 101: ‘Who is my client?’

Practice
Management

Retained or not retained: the NSWCA wants specifics

Practice
Management

Lawcover guide: false file notes

Practice
Management

When helpful is harmful

Practice
Management

Ethics & Standards Quarterly: Lawcover insights on when mistakes happen

Practice
Management

Lawcover insights: Honesty is the best policy

Practice
Management

Legal Practice Checks

Practice
Management

Practice Health Check

Practice
Management

Client/Matter Instruction check

Practice
Management

File Closing Check

Practice
Management

Conflict of Interest Check

Practice
Management

The Resilient Lawyer

Practice
Management

Due Diligence Guide for Principals

Practice
Management

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