Conference Calendar Summer 2023
Lawyers’ Mutual is excited to announce that we will be attending various live conference events throughout this summer.
We always look forward to sponsoring these networking and educational events, but also enjoy the opportunity to engage with our own Members. Come and visit our booth to say hi to your Lawyers’ Mutual team and get some free goodies.
Lawyers’ Mutual Summer 2023 tour dates below:
Date: August 31 – September 3
Event: CAALA Vegas
Host: Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
Location: Bellagio Las Vegas
CAALA Vegas provides three days of original, targeted legal educational tracks.
Earn up to 17 MCLE Credits, including all Specialty Credits. The weekend features more than 20 education sessions presented by more than 150 of the nation’s most accomplished trial lawyers, jurists and experts covering a wide variety of practice areas offering the latest developments in trial advocacy.
Register for CAALA Vegas here.
Date: September 21 – September 23
Event: CLA Annual Meeting
Host: California Lawyers Association (CLA)
Location: Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel
At CLA Annual Meeting, earn up to 14.75 hours MCLE, including 4 hours legal ethics, 2 hours competence issues, 1 hour elimination of bias and 1 hour implicit bias. A three-day experience, CLA Annual Meeting features inspirational keynote speakers, trending discussions across all legal practice settings and networking.
Register for CLA Annual meeting here.
Hope to see you soon!
Please email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com or call (818) 565-5512 ext. 280 for any questions.
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Free Legal Research
Lawyers’ Mutual is proud to continue collaborate with the industry-leading legal research vendor Fastcase.
As a leading legal publisher, Fastcase makes the facts of law accessible to more people. Fastcase is a comprehensive research suite of primary law, treatises, legal blogs, analytics, workflow tools and legal news.
Normally priced at $995 per lawyer annually, all members of Lawyers’ Mutual enjoy comprehensive access to Fastcase Premium FREE of charge.
To access Fastcase legal research system, click here to log in with your Lawyers’ Mutual credentials.
Learn more about your member benefits: https://www.lawyersmutual.com/member-benefits/
Please email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com or call (818) 565-5512 ext. 280 for any questions.
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Celebrating 4th of July
It’s Independence Day! Since we’ll be out celebrating the nation just like you on this 4th of July, our office will be closed from Monday, July 3rd to Tuesday, July 4th. So go outside, enjoy the barbeques, fireworks and concerts.
We will be back up and running on Wednesday, July 5th with normal business hours from 9 AM to 5 PM.
We are proud to serve our members and however you decide to celebrate, stay safe. Happy Independence Day.
For any inquiries, please contact mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com
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Must Read Monday Optimize Your Firm’s Cyber Security Approach
Data breaches have become increasingly common within the legal industry. It can happen to any firm at any time.
Here are a couple steps that can be taken to put your firm in a better position to protect against data breaches:
- Conduct a risk assessment to identify if your firm has any key vulnerabilities or weaknesses that could risk data privacy. By doing so your firm can create robust cyber security policies that are specifically designed to assist the potential risk areas of your firm.
- Consider hiring a third party to conduct an independent audit in order to identify cyber security gaps, prepare an Incident Response Plan, and train employees on the latest best practices.
Cyber security insurance helps your firm be prepared for the worst. If a data breach does occur, utilize your complimentary cyber endorsement from Tokio Marine to protect yourself from cyber threats.
Take the time to assess your firm’s cyber security needs so that it can be as best prepared as possible against cyber threats. Log in to your CLE/Member Benefits portal to learn to access more information on cyber security protection.
Please email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com or call (818) 565-5512 ext. 280 for any questions.
Together we can bring out the best in the legal profession.
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Must Read Monday Free Cyber Training: Data Breach Prevention
As a Lawyers’ Mutual member, your complimentary cyber endorsement from Tokio Marine includes free cyber training modules to help protect you and your firm against cyber threats.
A strong foundation of your firm’s cybersecurity can strengthen your firm against data breaches. Take the proactive step to educate your firm on cybersecurity best practices.
These cyber modules are designed to help train employees on data security best practices, broken down into manageable segments.
A data breach could be devastating to your organization. These three courses provide an overview of data breaches, how they can occur, how to prevent them and the laws that regulate data security.
Members can access the following courses from cybersecurity professionals at Tokio Marine to recognize, train and protect data.
– Intro to Data Breaches (12 min)
– Employee Mistakes (14 Mins.)
– Laws & Regulations (8 Mins)
To access training course materials, log in to your CLE/Member Benefits Portal here, follow the link inside for cyber risk training and support, then click on “Training and News” to access the above free modules.
Learn more about your complimentary cyber endorsement here.
Please email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com or call (818) 565-5512 ext. 280 for any questions.
Together we can bring out the best in the legal profession.
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Must Read Monday Internet Safety Month
As technology continues to advance and your firm’s reliance on technology increases, it’s time to create awareness and protect yourself, your firm and your clients against the risk of cyber threats.
For the month of June Lawyers’ Mutual will be bringing attention to Internet Safety and Cyber Security. Each Monday we will share a few simple steps to help your firm maintain an internet safe environment.
The two most common online threats to be cautious of are ransomware and email fraud.
What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is a type of malware that takes your business data and holds it hostage for a ransom, this could be in the form of currency or gift cards.
Signs of Ransomware
- Anomalous file system activity, such as hundreds of failed file modifications
- Increased CPU and disk activity for no apparent reason
- Inability to access certain files
- Suspicious network communications
What is Email Fraud?
Email fraud occurs when criminals impersonate a business contact, employee, customer or vendor to trick you into transferring money or sensitive information (like passwords) to the criminal.
Signs of Email Fraud
- Unverified email senders impersonating vendors/business partners
- Dangerous phishing emails containing bad link attachments from unverified sender
- Receiving “spam” or “junk” emails
The following are safety measures that can be implemented in protecting against both ransomware and email fraud:
- Two-factor authentication
- Uniquely strong passwords
- Educating and training employees (Teach them about red flags in malicious emails, such as corporate-looking email accounts, suspicious file attachments, suspicious links to external URLs)
- Secure your email system
- Use advanced endpoint protection
To learn more about how to protect against ransomware, email fraud and gain access to additional information regarding cybersecurity protection, log in to your CLE/Member Benefits portal.
Please email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com or call (818) 565-5512 ext. 280 for any questions.
Together we can bring out the best in the legal profession.
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