Practice of Law
In our October newsletter, we published an article on “Searching Errors and the County Clerk’s Office.” We included a tip for preventing malpractice claims based on missed ju… Read More
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Social media, like all electronically stored information (ESI) is less permanent (or so we think) than documents or other tangible evidence. The perceived impermanence of ESI can lead to inten… Read More
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Does this sound like your morning routine? You stepped off the elevator and headed to your office where you dropped your bags and went off to make your first (but certainly not your last) cu… Read More
Practice of Law
There is no admonition more important than “choose your clients wisely." Good clients make good law practices. Bad clients will bring you down – both literally and figuratively. … Read More
Practice of Law
The phrase “discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”)” is intimidating for most of us. But we can’t avoid it. “Not every litigated case u… Read More
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Lawyers are natural storytellers, and few are better at it than Wade Smith. As an attorney, he is no slouch either. For almost half a century he has been one of the s… Read More
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What does losing a trial say about you as a courtroom counsel? Not much, in the opinion of some of the best trial lawyers in the country. You win some and you lose some, they say. And the ca… Read More
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We are told to avoid clients who are motivated by spite. They are bad news. Perhaps even dangerous. Even if things are fine and dandy at the beginning of their case, just wait: the minute thi… Read More
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Our judiciary has always had an uneasy relationship with the press – especially when it comes to the issue of cameras in the courtroom. Which is why the news that a secret video had bee… Read More
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So how did you celebrate National Grammar Day? I spent mine scouring the web for dangling participles, split infinitives and the misuse of “it’s” and “its.” Goo… 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.