Education & Careers
Did you know the NC Advocates of Justice is the third-largest trial lawyers association in America and has been around for more than 60 years? Or that it produces more than 40 original C… Read More
Education & Careers
If you think you’re seeing more baby girls named Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Sophia and Ava, you’re not mistaken. Likewise for boys named Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and Mateo. Those are… Read More
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It appears that rumors of the demise of the Law School Admission test were premature. At its mid-year meeting, the American Bar Association decided to keep the testing requirement for all A… Read More
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If you’re looking some reading material to ride out – or rather, read out – the final winter months, you’re in luck. We’ve got some great titles for you. … Read More
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To tip or not to tip, that is the question – and the answer has gotten a lot more difficult in this age of digital tipping. We’ve all been there. We order a latte, pay with a cred… Read More
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The recent merger of two powerhouse U.S. law firms has created a Southeastern mega-firm, with a trio of offices in North Carolina. Nexsen Pruet, based in the Carolinas, is joining forces with… Read More
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If you want to live for 100-plus years, start spending more time on service work and helping others. And eat more chocolate. That formula worked for Sister André of France, who w… Read More
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Here’s great news if you need last-minute CLE for 2022 and want to take your practice to the next level in 2023. The popular Lawyers Mutual “Put Into Practice” CLE road sh… Read More
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No matter how bad your day is going, you can be thankful you don’t work in the admissions office of Northeastern Law School. Earlier this year, the office sent acceptance letters to mor… Read More
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Congratulations to Marcia H. Armstrong of Smithfield, who has been named the 88th president of the N.C. State Bar. Kudos as well to Ronald G. Baker Sr., Shelby Duffy Benton and Henry M. &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.