Risk Management
You don’t have to passively accept a negative online review that you think is untrue or unfair – but if you choose to respond, make sure you do so in a “proportional and rest… Read More
Risk Management
Here’s some risk management advice: if you tell your firm you worked 3,173 billable hours and more than 700 nonbillable hours in a single year – including billing for depositions y… Read More
Risk Management
If you use Microsoft Office, you’re using the vehicle of choice for email hackers. Microsoft Office formats like Word, PowerPoint and Excel are the favored file extensions for transmitt… Read More
Risk Management
Here’s a risk management tip: always go the extra mile to resolve fee disputes with your clients without resorting to litigation. If you sue your client to collect the unpaid fee, there… Read More
Risk Management
Well-being is a smart business proposition that will bring many benefits: a healthier, happier law firm, a roster of satisfied clients, and a blossoming bottom line. But getting there won&rsq… Read More
Education & Careers
The biggest mistake lawyers in small firms make as they contemplate retirement is not hiring an expert to guide them along the way. Instead, they try to do it all themselves. Even worse, they… Read More
Risk Management
Before you advertise your inclusion in a “Best Lawyers” or “Super Lawyers” list, make sure you know what the State Bar has to say about the matter. In 2018 Formal Ethi… Read More
Risk Management
Today’s practice point is on Rule 36 Request for Admissions. Not a month goes by that we don’t have an insured call to report that they’ve missed the deadline for responding … Read More
Risk Management
Even though revenues in recent years have been robust, law firm leaders are expressing a surprising degree of pessimism about the future. Their confidence in the U.S. and global economy is wa… Read More
Risk Management
As cyber threats continue to rise, Americans say they’re more worried about cybercrime than any other type of crime. People are twice as afraid of having their computer hacked than they… 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.