Education & Careers
With the median student debt load topping $150,000, a majority of recent law graduates question whether their legal education was worth the cost. Even so, six out of 10 say if they could do… Read More
Business of Law
When you’re working on the marketing plan for your law practice, here’s a number to keep in mind: 1.88 billion. That’s the number of daily Facebook users worldwide. And h… Read More
Business of Law
Eighty-seven (87) percent of consumers read and rely on online recommendations when choosing a local business or professional service – up from 81 percent a year ago. Half of them say… Read More
Education & Careers
If you think billing a client is merely a way to get paid, think again. Your bill is also a tool to attract new business, market additional services, and create loyal clients who will keep … Read More
When bar examiners across the nation began pivoting to remote testing because of COVID, some hiccups were expected. But nobody was prepared for the avalanche of glitches that plagued th… Read More
Education & Careers
Turning a good attorney bio into a great one might be as easy as pie. Literally. Let’s say you love baking, and you’re good at it. In fact, you’re so good you… 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.