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SPAC Clients Pose Unique Risks for Law Firms
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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.
Safety Resources for Confined Spaces
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A workplace with a confined space that combines an oxygen-deficient flammable or toxic atmosphere can complicate work efforts as well as rescue operations if an emergency would occur. Download to learn more about best practices when working in a confined space.
School of Risk Control Excellence (SORCE) Catalog
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Learn about CNA's School of Risk Control Excellence (SORCE) online and onsite resources to help your clients manage their exposures.
School of Risk Control Excellence (SORCE®)
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Access world-class training and resources that can help minimize exposures and complement your risk management practices. CNA’s SORCE® On Demand training gives you 24/7 access to our collection of risk control courses.
Scope of Practice Changes: Ten Keys to Safer Delegation
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This edition of Vantage Point provides a decision-making framework, organized around 10 questions, to help administrators, healthcare providers or practice leaders identify and address risks associated with SOP and delegation standards.
Second Chances Abound: Opportunities for Correcting Certain Omissions and Mistakes in Tax Elections
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This edition of In Practice...with CNA addresses tax laws and regulations and risk management tips to avoid election deadlines or managing filing errors.
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.
Selecting a Dust Hazard Analysis Provider
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A Dust Hazard Analysis is a critical step to protect your employees and prevent tragic accidents that can severely damage your facilites. An effective DHA includes information to classify and quantify the material(s) as combustible dust.
Self-Reporting Technology
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CNA's Risk Control team is introducing a streamlined method of gathering underwriting information. Now, select CNA policyholders can complete a risk control engagement using our time-saving technology.
Sepsis Management: Five Strategies to Save Lives and Reduce Risk
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In this edition of Vantage Point : Sepsis and septic shock are serious secondary consequences of infection in which a toxic response by the body affects tissue integrity and organ function (and blood pressure in the case of septic shock).
Serving on Boards: Blurred Lines May Blind Lawyers to the Risks
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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.
Short Service Employee
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An organization’s growth is an achievement in many ways, and companies should be aware of the potential risks to their operations and employees caused by growth.
Silica Exposure
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OSHA estimates that the new silica standard, — enforcement began September 2017 — will save over 600 lives and prevent more than 900 new cases of Silicosis, lung cancer, COPD and kidney disease caused by silica exposures each year.
Small Business Operational Resilience Checklist
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This checklist provides actions for your organization to consider before, during and after a business disruption.
Smartphones and Social Media: Tips on Preventing Staff Misuse
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This edition of Alertbulletin® examines three major types of liability - privacy breaches, unauthorized social media posting and data spoliation claims - that may arise from unapproved technology use in the residential care setting.
Snow Loading and Roof Collapse Preparation
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As winter approaches, businesses often neglect to plan for roof collapses, one of most serious winter threats. Even a partial roof collapse can deliver devastating property damage, business interruption and possibly loss of life.
Social Engineering Fraud Guide
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Although the pandemic has stopped many things, it has not stopped cybercriminals from exploiting the situation.
This edition of AlertBulletin® examines causes and effects of social inflation, how insurance can be affected, and offers several risk mitigation strategies to minimize exposure to social inflation.
Social Media Liability: Effective Strategies to Minimize Risk
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This edition of AlertBulletin offers practical strategies to help organizations obtain the advantages of social media while mitigating associated risks.
Special Resource: The Mental Health Crisis
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The ongoing national mental health crisis is characterized by too few inpatient beds and overtaxed outpatient facilities. In fact under the present delivery system it is estimated that more than half a million individuals with serious mental illness do not receive the care they need.
Use this guide to help quantify your facilities’ freeze risk and to implement preventative measures to keep your key fire protection systems operating as intended during the cold weather months.
Sprinkler System Freeze-Up Prevention
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Cold weather brings the danger of impaired fire protection because of water freezing in sprinkler piping, underground mains, gravity suction tanks or fire pumps.
Spyware Schemes & Sticky Fingers: Reacting to Client Misconduct
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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.
Staff Absenteeism
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This edition of Home Care Briefing reviews the importance of seamless transitions during staff absences and timely coverage arrangements.
Stemming the Tide of Incivility in the Practice of Law
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This edition of Professional Counsel(r) addresses incivility and what lawyers can do to minimize the uncivil behavior that has become all too pervasive.
Stopping the Line: Training Staff to Speak Up for Safety
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This edition of inBrief® featured a readiness checklist designed to aid ambulatory care organizations in implementing a Speak Up/Stop the Line program or enhancing an existing one.
2022 Strategic Business Resilience Report
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Strategic Business Resilience Report: Position your organization to endure and thrive through adverse business conditions.
Strengthening Facility-Family Relationships: Transparency is Key
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This edition of CareFully Speaking® addresses four areas where transparency is of critical importance: marketing resident selection billing/collection activities and interactions with family councils.
Subcontractor Prequalification Guide
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When developing a prequalification form or application the hiring contractor should consider the following.
Successfully Managing the Unforeseen Risks of Appellate Practice
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Appellate work is traditionally regarded as a risk-free area of practice and while they do not generate a significant number of legal malpractice claims they still bear a risk. Download to learn more about how to successfully manage the unforeseen risks
Sun Exposures for Contractors
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It is important to take steps to stay cool and protect yourself and employees from overexposure.
Supply Chain Management: Avoid Disruption by Enhancing Readiness
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As outside suppliers become less reliable problems related to internal supply chain operations become more visible and potentially harmful.
Supply Chain Risk Management
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Understanding and analyzing your supply chain's strengths and vulnerabilities are vital components of business continuity management.
Telemedicine: A Brief Guide to the Emerging Risks of Remote Care
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Telemedicine is one aspect of the broader practice of telehealth which encompasses a range of clinical services.
Telemedicine: Risk Management Issues Strategies and Resources
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This edition of Healthcare Perspective outlines strategies designed to enhance clinical operational and technical processes associated with the provision of telemedicine/telehealth (TMH).
This edition of AlertBulletin offers practical suggestions intended to help organizations maximize the productivity of temporary exmployees, while minimizing associated professional liability exposures.
Ten Tips to Assist in Avoiding a Malpractice Claim
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There is little doubt that the legal profession can be a risky one. According to the ABA the likelihood of a private practice attorney being sued for malpractice in a given year runs between 4 and 17 percent.
Test Result Management: Toward a Systematic Reporting Process
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This edition of AlertBulletin® offers seven strategies to help healthcare facilities and providers enhance the efficiency of their laboratory test reporting and follow-up procedures, as well as a range of practical risk management strategies.
The Driver: Driving Under the Influence
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Regardless of the substance, driving while impaired can cause significant cognitive and functional challenges.
The Driver: Situational Awareness While Driving
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Situational awareness while driving is integral to ensuring that your actions and reactions can be completed in sufficient time to prevent an accident.
The Driver: Tips for Wintertime Driving
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Driving in winter presents a variety of weather-related hazards. Preparing ahead of time and being alert are critical to safety amid weather changes, poor visibility, and wet or slippery road conditions.
The Driver: Tips to Reduce Auto Accidents
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In 2020, the United States and Canada had fewer vehicles on the road, but the decrease in miles driven did not correlate to fewer accidents.
The Driver: Understanding Driver Distractions
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In 2020, almost 3,000 fatal and 205,000 nonfatal distraction-related motor vehicle accidents occurred in the United States and in some parts of Canada, surpassing those caused by impaired driving.
The Remote-Ready Law Firm: Managing Long Distance Relationships
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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.
The Risks of Lawyers Serving as Directors of Corporate Clients
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The role of lawyers serving as directors of corporate clients involves a variety of risk exposures for the lawyer-director the lawyer's firm as well as the corporate client. Download to learn more about due diligence needed to identify potential risks.
The Threat From Within: Theft and Fraud Inside Law Firms
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Law firms should take a proactive approach to protect themselves from the risk of theft and fraud by their own attorneys managers or support staff members. Download to learn more about how to prevent the threat of theft and fraud from within.
Thorny Issues Involving the Concealment of Information
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Lawyers must balance their duties to their client against both express legal duties to adversaries and general duties of truthfulness.
To Avoid or Embrace? Navigating Third Party Legal Opinions
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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.
To Err Is Human: A Guide for Attorneys on How to Manage Errors
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This guide will address the relevant rules laws and practice management steps that an attorney.