Education & Careers
Sometimes one of the biggest challenges of legal representation is keeping clients from sabotaging their own cases. They do it in creative ways. They fail to appear for a hearing. They get th… Read More
Education & Careers
When you think about the community of North Carolina lawyers, three words should come to mind, “Lawyers Helping Lawyers.” The community of NC lawyers goes above and beyond to ensur… Read More
Education & Careers
The headline says “New Research Shows Our Workplace Is Killing Us,” but the culprit – too much sitting for long periods of time – is all too familiar. And lawyers and … Read More
Risk Management
At this very moment, somewhere in our great land, a lawyer is billing a client $1,000 or more per hour. And the number who are doing so is growing, according to this report. Topping the list… Read More
Education & Careers
It seems age 35 is the tipping point when people start hating their jobs. That’s according to a recent human resources survey, which found that one in six British workers over 35 are un… Read More
Risk Management
If you are stubbornly clinging to your fax machine or duct-taped edition of Word 2006, you might want to keep a close eye on your law license. You could be in danger of losing it. And while … Read More
Business of Law
If you’ve ever gotten an email with the subject line “Friendly Reminder,” you know the message that follows will be anything but. It will most likely be a passive-aggressive… Read More
Education & Careers
Lawyers are problem solvers. Being an attorney means you’re constantly thinking of ways to solve the problems of others. It also means you’re often neglecting your own. Compassion … Read More
Education & Careers
Are you getting any bang from your law blog? If not, maybe you should write less about your practice and more about your pet parakeet or favorite restaurant. That’s one gold nugget min… Read More
Business of Law
In this age of PayPal, bitcoin and online banking, many Americans still prefer to pay their bills with old-fashioned paper checks. Then again, you probably already know that from your law pra… 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.