Practice of Law
On April 23, 2024, the FTC voted to ban most non-compete clauses in employment agreements. The new rule will take effect 120 days after it is published in the Federal Register. The rule rescin… Read More
Law Practice Management
We have all been there. The firm has called a meeting or another lawyer in the firm wants to have a meeting with you. The content presented in the meeting could have easily been provided to yo… Read More
Practice of Law
On April 8, 2024, the moon passed between the sun and the earth. For many in the middle of the country, it was a total eclipse of the sun. Day became night for about 4 minutes. Million… Read More
Education & Careers
On April 8, 2024, American Bar Association President, Mary Smith, issued a statement calling on all members of the legal profession to defend against increasing threats against judges in… Read More
Education & Careers
Lawyers Mutual congratulates Ted Edwards, who was honored by the North Carolina State Bar with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service award. The award was presented to Edwards by State Bar… Read More
Practice of Law
In a March 23, 2024, press release, the Administrative Office of the Courts announced that the rollout for eCourts will continue with 10 new counties from the North Piedmont/Triad region conve… 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.