Business of Law
If you want to practice in a location where you might have the legal market all to yourself, consider moving to North Dakota or Wyoming, which have the lowest lawyer per capita rates in the co… Read More
Risk Management
Even though revenues in recent years have been robust, law firm leaders are expressing a surprising degree of pessimism about the future. Their confidence in the U.S. and global economy is wa… Read More
Education & Careers
Do you know the number one reason partners leave their firms? It’s not money, or benefits packages, or perks. The top reason for leaving – cited by 44.2 percent of lateral partner… Read More
Risk Management
Have you ever given oral notice in open court of your client’s voluntary dismissal without prejudice and then followed up with a written dismissal filed with the court? If so, were you … Read More
Business of Law
When they’re looking for a lawyer, most people will talk with more than one law firm before making their choice. But once they speak with a lawyer who makes a great first impression, 42… Read More
Practice of Law
Today's practice point is on Uninsured Motorist claims. Now that’s uninsured motorist claims as opposed to underinsured motorist claims. There’s a big difference in the kind of not… Read More
Practice of Law
If you’re having trouble writing a brief or coming up with a winning strategy for a difficult case, you probably won’t be able to think your way out of the thicket. In fact, overt… Read More
Business of Law
When a lawyer intends to leave a firm, a plan should be developed to make sure the transition goes smoothly and clients are protected, says a new ABA ethics opinion. In addition, the lawyer s… Read More
Risk Management
Continuing education is necessary if you want to keep your law practice safe and successful. It’s also necessary if you want to keep your law license. That’s why our insureds valu… Read More
Business of Law
If you’ve read any of our Byte of Prevention blog posts or Put into Practice articles, you’ve witnessed the captivating storytelling of Jay Reeves. Jay’s conversational writi… 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.