Risk Management
Clients are looking for better, cheaper and faster when it comes to legal services. And if your firm is not able to deliver, they will quickly look somewhere else. That’s the message f… Read More
Education & Careers
Do you prefer two spaces after a period or one? If you’re like me – and by me I mean all right-minded people in the universe – you’re a single-spacer. In fact, I was … Read More
Education & Careers
At 43, with three children in tow, I began to prepare for my IL year. Even though I was a non-traditional student, my questions about starting Law School were similar to every other stud… Read More
Business of Law
Do you know what your lawyer’s professional liability (LPL) insurance covers before you need to know what it actually covers? To avoid finding yourself with LPL insurance that does not … Read More
Practice of Law
Be careful about touting your big courtroom victory on social media. Even mentioning facts that are in the public record – a trial verdict or case outcome, for instance – could be… Read More
Risk Management
It’s no fun being on the receiving end of an unfavorable review on Yelp, Avvo or Facebook. The bad press is out there for the whole world to see, and you feel powerless to do an… Read More
Education & Careers
One may be the loneliest number, but it seems the law is the loneliest profession. That’s according to a recent “loneliness survey” of more than 1,600 workers in various occ… Read More
Education & Careers
Attorneys purchase lawyer’s professional liability (LPL) insurance for the same reason- protection in the event of a claim. But do you know about your LPL insurance before you need to kn… Read More
Education & Careers
Your firm relies on data to thrive. Lawyers Mutual is dedicated to helping lawyers “change with the changes” that are occurring in the industry. We are one of the proud sponsors … Read More
Education & Careers
“It won’t be the same” I often heard as I transited schools. From elementary school to middle school, from middle school to high school, from high school to college, and most… 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.