Practice of Law
Here’s some risk management advice: if you’re going to use AI to write a court document, please proofread the final version carefully for fake citations and fabricated quotes befor… Read More
Business of Law
When it comes to billing and time-keeping, it pays to be passive. With active time-tracking, you record your time after you complete the activity. The method of recordation can vary: from bil… Read More
Law Practice Management
Looking for some inspiring words that fit on a Post-It? You could do far worse than to borrow from the Wizard of Westwood, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who for me as a young b… Read More
Risk Management
News of the MOVEit data breach – which resulted in the exposure of personal data on millions of people – set off alarm bells in law offices from Wilmington, NC to Walla Walla, WA. … Read More
Practice of Law
Better be careful using emojis in legal communications – especially if it happens during contract negotiations. You might wind up consenting to something you don’t intend to. For… Read More
Business of Law
Senate Bill 552 was signed in to law by Gov. Roy Cooper on June 23. This new law allows Emergency Video Notarization (EVN) to remain in place until the end of June 2024 while work on Remote El… 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.