Practice of Law
Ready or not, change is here. For lawyers, these changes affect every aspect of who they are and what they do. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be running a blog series entitled: “Th… Read More
Practice of Law
If your heart pounds and your mind goes blank whenever you speak in public, you’re not a failure as a lawyer. In fact, you’re in good company. The fear of public speaking is one … Read More
Business of Law
Who would’ve ever thought that being too nice could be a turn-off for some clients? Or that how you shake hands could blow your chance of landing the case – even before you’… Read More
Education & Careers
As we enter the second quarter of 2019, have you already broken your resolutions for the year? If so, relax. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It means you’re among the 80 p… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re worried about what will become of the law profession, 3L Gabriela Sevilla is Exhibit A that the future is in good hands. The third-year law student at Howard University was mo… Read More
Education & Careers
Since the beginning of her tenure as President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ), Mary Pollard has focused heavily on addressing governance issues. Recently, Mary presented th… Read More
Education & Careers
Sure, you might be wowed by the summer associate who is an expert in antitrust law, a whiz at cloud computing, and can even do a little computer coding on the side. But don’t overlook t… Read More
Education & Careers
If you missed the ABA TECHSHOW 2019 and its always-popular 60 Tips in 60 Minutes presentation, you’re in luck. A greatest-hits compilation has been posted on the NC Bar Association… Read More
Education & Careers
A federal prosecutor in Louisiana was disbarred for posting scathing commentary online – including more than a hundred anonymous posts about cases his office was prosecuting. In Decembe… Read More
Education & Careers
Did you know that there are 1,225,000 active driver’s license suspensions in North Carolina relating to unpaid traffic fines and failure to appear in court for traffic offenses? These su… 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.