Education & Careers
True or false: if you’re applying for a law job, you should always state your objective prominently on your resume. False. The fact that you’re applying makes your objective clear… Read More
Business of Law
You could be sitting on a gold mine of new business and not even know it. The motherlode consists of your past and present clients. Many of them have additional legal needs that aren’t … Read More
Education & Careers
Looking for a theme for your next law firm retreat that’s unique, fun and might take your practice to the next level? How about throwing a Fixathon, where everyone brings one idea for s… Read More
Business of Law
To create a law firm that even Aristotle would admire, you can start by making sure your office is psychologically safe. This has nothing to do with political correctness or snowflakes, and e… Read More
Risk Management
Why do you value Lawyers Mutual? Is it the peace of mind that comes from knowing you and your law practice are protected? The security of having an experienced claims attorney by your side wh… Read More
Risk Management
It’s ethically permissible for a lawyer to access information that is publicly available on someone’s social media site, whether the person is represented by counsel or not. But i… Read More
Risk Management
Is your cyber response team trained, fully staffed and ready to swing into action if needed? If your answer to that question was – “Cyber response team? What cyber response team?&… Read More
Education & Careers
You can make your phone calls more productive – and even add hours to your workday – by using the power of the Hard Stop. This is in contrast to the all-too-familiar Soft Stop, wh… Read More
Education & Careers
The next time you stand up to speak in court or elsewhere, don’t be so rehearsed that you leave no room for improvisation. Trying to memorize every word could spell disaster if you get … Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re not getting much bang from your blog, maybe you’re not posting often enough. Firms that publish 16 or more posts per month got more than triple the traffic than firms pu… Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.