Guardian ad Litem Month
April was Guardian ad Litem and Child Advocate Month in North Carolina, but you can support the 5,000 GAL volunteers – or become a volunteer yourself – any day of the year. … Read More
April was Guardian ad Litem and Child Advocate Month in North Carolina, but you can support the 5,000 GAL volunteers – or become a volunteer yourself – any day of the year. … Read More
A group of lawyers who took a “treasure trove” of proprietary data when they left a Boston law firm may be liable for unfair or deceptive business practices. That’s … Read More
Did you know that nine out of 10 online searches are done on a search engine, most likely Google? And that more than 70 percent of searchers don’t go past the first page of Goog… Read More
As if we haven’t already had our share of firsts this year, get ready for something else new: New Law. The phrase has been popping up more and more in legal trade publications. … Read More
A Massachusetts lawyer who billed her clients for hundreds of “fictional hours” and inflated final invoices by more than $200,000 has been suspended from practice. The attorney ad… Read More
One e-discovery change that was accelerated by the pandemic and is expected to become the norm is virtual managed review of large projects. The concept has been gaining traction for awhile. B… 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.