Lawyers should beware of a sophisticated new hacking scam the FBI refers to as Business E-mail Compromise. Lawyers in multiple states have recently reported being victimized by this scam.

CNA is the nation's leading underwriter of Lawyers Professional Liability and Federal and State Judges Professional Liability coverage.

With more than 60 years of experience providing lawyers professional liability insurance, CNA offers a broad range of insurance products and solutions through its Underwriting, Claims and Risk Control teams.

CNA offers its insureds numerous resources that provide guidance navigating challenging situations. One resource available to insureds is the CNA Lawyers' Professional Liability Risk Control Hotline.

As the nation's top provider of Lawyers Professional Liability coverage, we offer real and relevant coverage options beyond what is typical on a standard industry business owner's policy.

This edition of In Practice... with CNA® discusses how lawyers must balance justifying withdrawal with their duty of confidentiality. 

Courts uniformly have held that the attorney-client privilege survives the death of a client. Complex issues arise regarding the lawyer's duties to her former client when the personal representative seeks files that are unrelated to the administration of the estate.

Lawyers contemplating board service must weigh the potential benefits against the risks inherent in such appointments prior to acceptance and throughout the tenure of any board service.

This article provides guidance for lawyers on how to manage clients who pose threats, challenge strategic decisions, or threaten disciplinary or legal malpractice actions.

Our Lawyers Allied Vendor Program is designed to help strengthen law firm risk control programs through trusted outside services – many at a preferred rate.

This Professional Counsel® explores the ethical concerns associated with lawyers charging success fees by examining a lawyer's obligations under the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the recent changes to Model Rule 1.16 to benefit lawyers and the public by clarifying the nature and scope of lawyers' existing due diligence obligations.

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Lawyers must balance their duties to their client against both express legal duties to adversaries and general duties of truthfulness.

The logistical complexity of lawyer mobility involves a combination of ethical responsibilities, professional liability concerns, practical client relationship management, and business strategy.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the potential exposures and best practices for lawyers to consider to avoid stumbling into an unintended client engagement.

This edition of Professional Counsel(r) addresses incivility and what lawyers can do to minimize the uncivil behavior that has become all too pervasive.

Professional Counsel addresses that law firms must remember the fiduciary duties owed to clients, the ethical duties imposed upon them by the Rules of Professional Conduct, and best practices for avoiding claims.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses different practices and tools lawyers should consider when offering legal opinions for third parties to help mitigate potential risk.

This edition of In Practice...with CNA® discusses professional responsibility concerns that lawyers endure when sharing an office space and how to take necessary precautions when in this space.

Lawyers in any area of practice may fall victim to wire transfer fraud and must often serve as their own risk managers in managing their professional practices.

In this edition of Vantage Point : In this article we explain what SPACs are and why representing their sponsors may pose risks for law firms and lawyers.

This edition of CNA Professional Counsel takes an in-depth look at lawyer advertising through new methods as well as some of the associated risks and best practices to consider.

What can a lawyer do to politely yet firmly place the potential client on notice that no attorney-client relationship has been established yet at the same time not discourage future opportunities for representation?

Conflicts of interest have constituted a leading cause of legal malpractice claims for years. Despite repeated warnings to lawyers and law firms about this risk they continue to engage in conflicts of interest.

If lawyers seek to continue to practice law they must devote time and resources to instituting sound banking and trust accounting procedures and supervising the parties entrusted with the authority to handle client funds.

This edition of Professional Counsel addresses CNA's Lawyers Allied Vendor Program which offers solutions to help law firms navigate some of the challenges of managing a law firm as both a client service and a business.

A client's past misdeeds are rarely a dealbreaker for a prospective attorney-client relationship. Every day lawyers help clients address the consequences of illegal conduct and analyze the legal aspects of questionable conduct.

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As a leader in the lawyers' professional liability insurance marketplace we stress the importance of engagement letters in our articles guides and risk control courses. The benefits of engagement letter usage flow to both the law firm and client.

Times arise particularly in litigation where a lawyer for an entity might find it useful to represent an employee or other constituent of the entity for some limited purpose. This dual representation of an entity and its constituent raises a number of practice issues.

This edition of Professional Counsel® summarizes and links the most popular risk control resources for CNA-insured attorneys. 

While acceptable response times were once measured in days modern communication channels have clients counting the hours or even minutes since they sent their email or text. File sharing also has accelerated with clients able to review revise and approve documents instantly.

This Professional Counsel^® shows that by embracing succession planning as a strategic imperative, firms can position themselves for growth, resilience, preparedness for unforeseen events, and continued excellence in serving their clients.

This edition of Professional Counsel^® provides the 2023 most popular risk control resources for CNA-insured attorneys.

In this Professional Counsel^®, CNA has developed this guide to assist attorneys in creating documents that will enable them to better manage their interactions with potential and actual clients.

This edition of In Practice with CNA...® emphasizes the importance of evaluating one's options and purchasing appropriate tail coverage before, and not after an attorney retires, changes firms and/or switches insurance carriers.

This edition of In Practice...with CNA identifies new reporting requirements enacted by the Corporate Transparency Act and the associated ethical considerations.

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A fully remote law firm must navigate the same professional responsibilities as a traditional practice.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI are largely now unavoidable in the practice of law. This article provides guidance and observations that may assist attorneys in complying with ethical and professional obligations.

This edition of Professional Counsel emphasizes how attorneys must be aware of how the use of ChatGPT would impact their practice, client matters and ethical concerns that may lead to allegations of legal malpractice.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the ten measures law firms can implement to protect themselves, their clients, and third parties from wire transfer fraud.

This edition of Professional Counsel addresses referral and fee splitting agreements and the risks associated with them.

"In Practice... With CNA" explains that when relying on an advance waiver, practitioners should be cognizant of the speficity of such waivers, and would be prudent to re-evaluate their scope as conflict arises.

How can your firm implement an effective conflicts of interest screen and have some comfort in its effectiveness if and when the time comes to defend against disqualification motion.

The benefits of creating a remote-capable business are well worth the investment enabling a firm to maximize productivity when traveling attract top-level talent and maintain functionality during a crisis.

This edition of In Practice...with CNA addresses key points to keep in mind when planning for your retirement from the field of law.

This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses CNA Risk Control offerings that may minimize claims exposure and aid law firms in establishing better risk control protocols.

This edition of In Practice... with CNA® discusses how dabbling in new areas of law can help expand your practice, but also increase risk for disciplinary and legal malpractice complaints if not prepared.