Risk Management
Just when you thought your law practice was cyber-safe, along comes a slew of new online scams involving typosquatting and combosquatting. Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, relies on … Read More
Risk Management
Here’s some risk management advice for litigators: it’s not a good sign if a judge says your motion “threw more punches than it pulled, and some were below the belt” an… Read More
Risk Management
For a practicing lawyer, few things are worse than realizing you’ve made a mistake in case. When it happens – and if you practice long enough, it will – the big question is … Read More
Risk Management
Panic attacks can happen to any lawyer – and quite possibly at the worst possible moment. When they do occur, it’s important to know what’s going on and what should be done.… Read More
Risk Management
You probably don’t leap from bed every morning thinking about data governance. But if you don’t have a grasp of the basic principles of data governance, you’re putting your … Read More
Risk Management
In the last quarter of 2022, the NC State Bar considered 292 lawyer grievances. Most of those files (257) were dismissed. Five lawyers were given reprimands, seven received admonitions, five … Read More
Risk Management
Files, files, everywhere are files – both digital and paper. How does a busy lawyer manage, organize and safely dispose of them all? The starting point is to have a written set of proce… Read More
Practice of Law
Lots of things can go wrong on a Zoom call, and the most serious mishaps are usually self-inflicted. A case in point comes from Chicago, where an unmuted attorney uttered profanity and a raci… Read More
Risk Management
Cyber-criminals are launching strikes against government record sites nationwide, temporarily crippling the Register of Deeds offices in 13 North Carolina counties.Beginning in late 2022, reco… Read More
Practice of Law
When you hear the word “plagiarism,” you probably think of student essays and literary works, not legal work product. And yet lawyers can be plagiarists as easily as high schooler… 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.