Risk Management
“Keep Calm and Carry On” wins my vote for best law office motto. The phrase fits our profession perfectly. Amid the tumble and turmoil of a lawyer’s day, few attributes are … Read More
Risk Management
The rise of the Interest has brought with it a concurrent rise in email and online scams. Some of these target lawyers. Be on the lookout for them. In one scam Lawyers Mutual learned about, t… Read More
Risk Management
Recently the public radio program This American Life had to issue a retraction of a story it ran in January. The way it did so was instructive. The story featured writer/actor Mike… Read More
Risk Management
As March Madness rages, it is time once again to raid recent headlines for some risk management rebounds: A fool for a client? Pro hoopster and celebrity spouse Kris Humphries has file… Read More
Risk Management
Guess what the most commonly hacked password on Internet business systems is? It’s "Password1." Now, you might say to yourself: What kind of moron would pick a variation of the word &#… Read More
Risk Management
We should all be so lucky as to have a client whose case garners the attention of the news media. However, such cases present opportunities for running afoul of the Rules of Professional Condu… Read More
Risk Management
It seems like every day I read about someone getting into trouble for a posting on social media. Whether it is the college student who had a job offer rescinded for a negative tweet… Read More
Risk Management
I love free. Today, I received a coupon for a free Joey Bag of Donuts burrito from the new Moe’s opening near me. Last week, I received a $5.00 Starbucks gift card, now I’m looking… Read More
Risk Management
“Claims repair” is a big part of what we do at Lawyers Mutual and July brought two successful claims repair efforts that enabled two of our insureds to avoid a malpractice claim. &… Read More
Risk Management
Claims lawyer Mark Scruggs describes two situations recently involving the same factual scenario, both of which resulted in claims that we resolved by settlement. In each case, the lawyer was … 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.