Education & Careers
Fifteen miles east of Asheville, you’ll find a charming town called Black Mountain. A small town that is nationally recognized for arts, crafts, furniture, and music—it’… Read More
Education & Careers
By day, Heather Bell Adams is Senior Counsel for First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. By night, she manages to find the time to pen beautiful short stories and novels. In fact, her debut n… Read More
Education & Careers
Here’s some free risk management advice: it’s never a good sign when a federal judge blasts you for inappropriate diatribes, slaps you with $50,000 in sanctions, and orders you to … Read More
Education & Careers
As big law firms rack up record revenues, they’re passing the good fortune along to their newest associates. The median salary for first-year associates reached $155,000 in January 2019… Read More
Education & Careers
Great news for all you sedentary legal professionals who want to make wellness a priority but can’t bear the thought of going to the gym. It seems that tiptoeing through the tulips is a… Read More
Education & Careers
If you want to attract business clients, tell them you’re more interested in solving their problems than scoring legal wins. And let them know their growth and success are your prioriti… Read More
Business of Law
The men and women who made Fortune’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders list are a remarkably diverse bunch – ranging from chefs to coaches – but they all share one trait in c… Read More
Education & Careers
When it comes to your clients, the difference between delivering great service and delivering a great experience is more than just a word. It could hold the key to being their lawyer for life… Read More
Education & Careers
A handful of law firms representing plaintiffs in mass tort litigation have been sued for malpractice for allegedly charging excessive contingency fees in their retainer agreements. The class… Read More
Education & Careers
It seems that law firm managers – more so than support staff – should be worried that AI robots are coming for their jobs. Management by algorithm is fast becoming a thing. &ldqu… 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.