Risk Management
If you practice real property law in North Carolina and are unfamiliar with 2020 Formal Ethics Opinion 5, stop what you’re doing and read it. Right. Now. Finished? Now read it again. … Read More
Risk Management
With ransomware attacks disrupting everything from gasoline to hamburgers, it’s important to know the basics of social engineering and how to keep your firm safe. It’s all about… Read More
Practice of Law
Around one in three lawyers started drinking more over the past 18 months, according to new data. Thirty-four (34) percent of female lawyers and 29 percent of the male lawyers reporte… Read More
Risk Management
A lawyer licensed in New Jersey but practicing remotely from his home in Florida is not committing the unlicensed practice of law. That’s according to a May 20 advisory ethics o… Read More
Risk Management
A new State Bar ethics opinion addresses a lawyer’s professional duties in the event of a fraudulent wire transfer in a real property transaction. The opinion is NC 2020 FEO 5, … Read More
Risk Management
If your law firm uses a cloud application, don’t make the “lift and shift” mistake as you migrate data to that platform. That’s what happens when you move an entire … Read More
Risk Management
Even though the Rules of Professional Conduct prohibit lawyers from representing clients with adverse interests, it’s not always easy to determine when clients’ interests are so … Read More
Risk Management
Did you know that working from a coffeeshop could be one of the riskiest moves a remote employee can make? Even though cyber criminals are using increasingly sophisticated technology,… Read More
Risk Management
Here’s a cautionary tale for PI lawyers: it’s a terrible idea – not to mention a crime – to stage motor vehicle accidents in order to file phony insurance claims. Ju… Read More
Risk Management
It’s a safe bet your holiday travel plans will be different this year than in years past. You might be downsizing your family get-together or planning to hold it outside. Maybe … 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.