Education & Careers
Wouldn’t you love to have a Magic Button that, when pressed, adds an extra hour to your day? Just think. Whenever you’re feeling overwhelmed, overextended or over a barrel, all yo… Read More
Education & Careers
Poet Robert Frost said there is something about a fence. We, lawyers, could say the same things about lists. Oh, how we love our lists. They bring order to our days. They keep us on track. … Read More
Education & Careers
Law schools are turning out new lawyers each year who are entering the workforce full of ideas and ready to take on the legal problems of the world. However, they’re often entering firms… Read More
Education & Careers
Okay, here’s a fun little quiz. Cover up your screen below the following paragraph to hide the answer. Question: Which three of the following adjectives do clients use most frequently w… Read More
Education & Careers
What can we do in the face of Mother Nature to protect ourselves and our clients? Hopefully, you have a plan and procedure in place (and have urged clients over the years to do the same). If… Read More
Risk Management
When you think of disasters that can disrupt your practice, you probably imagine hurricanes, floods and other large-scale events. But small-scale interruptions – from a power outage to … Read More
Education & Careers
You might think your computer network has been infected by a virus when it’s really suffered a Trojan attack. And what you might think is an outside hack may actually be an inside job p… Read More
Risk Management
Looking for training and guidance on cybersecurity that’s free and available 24/7? Check out the Small Business Cybersecurity Corner, a new website from the National Institute of Standa… Read More
Risk Management
Did you remember to claim the cost of your law office drone as a business deduction on your taxes this year? How about the production expenses for your YouTube channel? What’s that? Yo… Read More
Business of Law
News flash: if you want to make your firm more attractive to young lawyers, hold off on installing that juice bar or video arcade in your break room. It turns out millennials are less interes… 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.