Education & Careers
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of our Lawyers in Transition series. We hope along the way you picked up some pointers, insights, and nuggets to inspire you on the next step of … Read More
Risk Management
Here’s a little risk management tip: when you’re in court, be careful not to appear too chummy with the judge. It might provoke the other side to try to get the judge tossed from … Read More
Business of Law
If a prospective client can’t pay your fee, you don’t have to send them away and tell them to return when they have the money. You can help them get a loan – and you can do … Read More
Education & Careers
Lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief: it seems even the most advanced robot is no match for a human when it comes to debating skills – at least for now. Tomorrow, though, might tell a d… Read More
Business of Law
When it comes to developing a Succession Plan for their practice, lawyers come with a million excuses And Tom Lenfestey, founder of The Law Practice Exchange, has heard every one of them. &l… Read More
Risk Management
History repeats itself. In this case, the original trust account scam has come back to haunt us. Lawyers Mutual recently received several reports of counterfeit check scams. Yes, you read tha… Read More
Business of Law
If you’re a solo or small firm lawyer, you not only have to worry about your clients and cases, you also have to be an accountant as well. You have to keep track of profits and losses, … Read More
Risk Management
Did you know that phishing emails account for 9 out of 10 cyber attacks? And that although most people – 78 percent, in fact – know better than to click on a suspicious email, fou… Read More
Practice of Law
You’re a solo practitioner in rural North Carolina. You’ve been a fixture in your small town for years. Your practice is personally identified with you. As a result, you think it w… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re a solo or small firm, you’re a prime target for a cyber-attack – in fact you might have already been hit and don’t know it. Close to two-thirds of cyber-atta… 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.