Risk Management
The impact of Hurricane Helene on Western North Carolina is hard to comprehend. The images are heartbreaking. There is loss of life, homes, businesses, and entire communities. Hundreds of pe… Read More
Risk Management
An elderly client contacts you by telephone and asks you to do a codicil to her Will. She tells you that she wants to disinherit her two children and leave everything to a caretaker. The cli… Read More
Risk Management
Lawyers must be constantly vigilant to guard against fraud schemes being perpetrated by third party bad actors. Lawyers face a variety of threats, including counterfeit check scams, wire fraud… Read More
Risk Management
You have just completed your representation of a client in a heated litigation dispute. You were able to get an outstanding result for the client after a long battle. Because the matter was co… Read More
Risk Management
Accidental clients have always been a problem for lawyers. These are the people who ask you a question about a claim they might have or a transaction they are navigating. Often, they are just … 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.