Law Practice Management
A recent tech startup acquisition illustrates the red-hot appeal of AI in the legal sector. In July, Thomson Reuters paid $650 million to acquire the legal technology firm Casetext. The media… Read More
Risk Management
Want a cheap and easy way to avoid a nightmare scenario the next time you fly? Air tags. Compact, inexpensive, portable luggage trackers – sold commercially as Tile, Chipolo, Pebblebee… Read More
Education & Careers
It’s the age-old question: should an attorney in the job market have one, two or three versions of their professional resume? Wait, what? More than one resume? It might be just t… Read More
Law Practice Management
Don’t look now, but there’s a new social media network on the block. Threads, the long-anticipated rival to Twitter, was launched by Meta in July. The takeoff was hugely suc… Read More
Practice of Law
The bitter and protracted family dispute over the last will and testament of Aretha Franklin illustrates two key points about trusts and estate law. Number one: the combination of famil… Read More
Risk Management
You can be a judge, or you can be a rap star, or you can be a TikTok video influencer. But it’s probably a bad idea to try and be all three at once. Just ask the New Jersey judge who w… 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.