Risk Management
Cyber scams are so rampant it’s become risky to even deliver a pizza. In July, the Federal Trade Commission warned consumers of a current scam that targets drivers for food delivery ser… Read More
Risk Management
If you think complying with your Client Trust Account obligations in North Carolina is stressful, be thankful you’re not in California. More than 1,700 attorneys in the Golden State hav… Read More
Risk Management
Colorectal cancer is the medical diagnosis that is most often missed in patient visits to outpatient settings. Lung cancer, breast cancer, heart attack and prostate cancer round out the top fi… Read More
Law Practice Management
A recent tech startup acquisition illustrates the red-hot appeal of AI in the legal sector. In July, Thomson Reuters paid $650 million to acquire the legal technology firm Casetext. The media… Read More
Risk Management
Want a cheap and easy way to avoid a nightmare scenario the next time you fly? Air tags. Compact, inexpensive, portable luggage trackers – sold commercially as Tile, Chipolo, Pebblebee… Read More
Risk Management
You can be a judge, or you can be a rap star, or you can be a TikTok video influencer. But it’s probably a bad idea to try and be all three at once. Just ask the New Jersey judge who w… Read More
Risk Management
News of the MOVEit data breach – which resulted in the exposure of personal data on millions of people – set off alarm bells in law offices from Wilmington, NC to Walla Walla, WA. … Read More
Risk Management
If you think you have fee and billing headaches in your law office, imagine being the bride whose cherished wedding gown disappeared in the midst of a billing dispute with now-bankrupt Bed Bat… Read More
Risk Management
Here’s a risk management pro tip: if the judge in your case suggests you are slinging mud and engaging in schoolyard antics, it’s not a good sign. It’s even worse if t… Read More
Risk Management
Amid distressing news of bank failures, inflation and economic uncertainty, lawyers have growing questions about the scope of their ethical duty to safeguard client funds. The North Carolina … 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.