Business of Law
When you think of legal directories, Martindale-Hubbell and AVVO are probably the first two that come to mind. But there are lots of other online directories which, in combination with your e… Read More
Practice of Law
Sometimes the best advice to give your clients is to do it themselves. That may sound counter intuitive. Clients come to you for assistance, after all. They want you to do something to ease t… Read More
Education & Careers
No matter how bad your day is going, you can be thankful you don’t work in the admissions office of Northeastern Law School. Earlier this year, the office sent acceptance letters to mor… Read More
Law Practice Management
Part 1: Introduction Small confession: there was a time, about 20 years ago, I was on a night flight back from Houston. I had spent all week at a stressful NITA advocacy program. I was exhaus… Read More
Law Practice Management
Want to be in the room the next time State Bar meets to discuss rules changes regarding legal ethics, CLE or Bar dues? There’s a virtual seat waiting for you on Youtube. The N.C. State… Read More
Risk Management
We all know that hitting the “Reply all” button in an email can sometimes have embarrassing consequences. It might also imply consent – even if that’s not what you int… 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.