Education & Careers
If you’re looking to land a job as an in-house lawyer, you might improve your chances by mastering a new language or taking up a new hobby Being able to step outside your comfor… Read More
Education & Careers
Here’s a grammar resolution for 2022: vow to eliminate the phrases “new normal,” “deep dive” and “circle back” from your vocabulary. While yo… Read More
Education & Careers
If you’re a new associate and want to impress your firm, be sure to keep your legal research skills sharp. Lawyers who can quickly and accurately analyze a fact situation, ident… Read More
Education & Careers
First, the bad news: students are graduating from law school with an average debt of more than $139,000. Now the good news: paying off a debt that big is not only possible, but it can be do… Read More
Business of Law
Although most firms are in the process of rebounding from COVID, many of their top-performing lawyers remained deeply concerned. They worry about how their firm in particular – … Read More
Practice of Law
A solo attorney may ethically represent his law firm PLLC and also testify as a witness in a fee dispute with a former client. This is so despite the prohibition of NC Rule of Professional … Read More
For lawyers handling real estate closings, it’s important to know that seller fraud continues to rise, especially with the upcoming holiday season when distractions are high, and fraudsters are active.
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.