Risk Management
The malpractice and ethics woes of Gloria Allred show the importance of avoiding even the appearance of a client conflict of interest. The celebrity lawyer is being sued by a former client &#… Read More
Risk Management
The immediate impact of Hurricane Harvey is subsiding, and while there will continue to be damage from ongoing flood correction measures, the focus now turns to clean up and recovery. Here in… Read More
Business of Law
Ready for Internet judges and online hearings where clients can resolve their differences pro se without having to leave their living room or hire an attorney? It’s coming, says one leg… Read More
Risk Management
Here’s a little risk management exercise: go to your website right now and read your attorney bio. If it’s like most attorney bios, it provides a lot of data but little juice. Th… Read More
Risk Management
This continues to be a time of disruption and transition in the legal field. As an example of the changes, we can look no further than the North Carolina State Bar’s (State Bar) on-again… Read More
Risk Management
Few qualities are more highly valued by clients than undivided loyalty. They want to know their lawyer is on their side and fighting for them – and them alone. They don’t want out… Read More
Risk Management
How much is your data worth? This is the question that scammers ask when they perpetrate a ransomware attack. In 2016, ransomware increased 6,000% over 2015 numbers. It is very close to becom… Read More
Business of Law
And who gets to hold the fee while we’re figuring out who is entitled to it? A question about fee disputes came up at one of our CLE programs recently. The question assumed a litigation… Read More
Risk Management
Do you still think that ramsomware won't happen to you? That's probably how DLA Piper, a large multinational law firm, felt before it became a victim of the latest largescale ransomware attac… Read More
Education & Careers
If you want to boost your awareness of hacking threats and cybersecurity, you can attend a tech seminar, read a white paper or consult an IT professional. Or you can watch a cartoon written b… 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.