Education & Careers
Feeling a bit stressed lately? Have you heard of the Mayo Clinic stress test? I took the test twice, on successive days. The first time, my stress score was so high that alarm bells we… Read More
Risk Management
Say goodbye to Courier font and page limits, and hello to Century font and word counts. Those are two of the sweeping changes ushered in by the new North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure… Read More
Practice of Law
For some lawyers, ediscovery is nothing but a big headache, but for others it’s a pathway to lucrative new practice opportunities. Businesses large and small are clamoring for legal adv… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’ve been worried that robots may soon be coming to take your job, guess what? They’re already here. The international law firm Seyfarth Shaw has started using software robot… Read More
Practice of Law
December 2016 brought several changes to the statutes and rules governing appellate practice and procedure, among them: Out with the Old, In with the The … Older Senate Bill 4 elim… Read More
Risk Management
The first quarter of the year is a great time to review your insurance protection. This doesn’t have to be a burdensome chore on par with a root canal. It can be quick and painless. You… Read More
Practice of Law
We think of the internet as horizontal, spreading out across the globe. But there is a vertical dimension as well, with digital data reaching up into the clouds and down into dark, subterrane… Read More
Practice of Law
Making partner without having to sell your soul on eBay is the subject of a new ABA book. “Accelerating Lawyer Success: How to Make Partner, Stay Healthy and Flourish in a Law Firm̶… Read More
Risk Management
As a Lawyers Mutual insured, you have seen the articles, alerts and blogs we have posted about our growing concern of cyber threats. We have partnered with the American Bar Association’… Read More
Business of Law
It’s hard to attain success in the law, but sometimes it’s even harder to stay hungry enough to keep it going. Call it hunger, spark, fire-in-the-belly. All who achieve true excel… 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.