Education & Careers
Lawyers Mutual congratulates attorney Cheryl D. Howell, who was honored by the N.C. State Bar with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award in June. Congratulations also to the famili… Read More
Practice of Law
Lawyers and other professionals are returning to their physical offices, but they are doing so at a jog, not a sprint. A recent survey shows a 47 percent occupancy rate for commercial spaces … Read More
Education & Careers
The legal profession is going strong, with jobs growth in June hitting a 10-year highwater mark. The legal services sector added 5,100 jobs in June 2023. Total law jobs were 1,185,100 in June… Read More
Law Practice Management
While law offices have long been prime targets for cyber thieves, there has been an unprecedented wave of recent attacks on big firms. In the month of June, four BigLaw firms – Bryan Ca… Read More
Risk Management
If you think you have fee and billing headaches in your law office, imagine being the bride whose cherished wedding gown disappeared in the midst of a billing dispute with now-bankrupt Bed Bat… Read More
Law Practice Management
Most lawyers are reluctant to think about retirement. But planning for retirement, developing a succession plan for your law firm, and transitioning to the next generation is something that si… 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.