Business of Law
Breaking news from the Intellectual Property front: musician Ed Sheeran scores a big court win, while the Nirvana Nevermind baby swings and misses for the third time. The Grammy-winning Sheer… Read More
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Did you know you can pay your Lawyers Mutual premium online? “One Time Pay” offers Lawyers Mutual insureds an easy and convenient way to view and pay their insurance bills onlin… Read More
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You don’t need a PR specialist, social media director or personal publicist to spread the news about the good things happening in your law practice. You can do it yourself. DIY publi… Read More
If it seems as if the Google ranking for your law firm’s website tends to fluctuate wildly, you’re not imagining things. Google is constantly adjusting its search engine algorit… Read More
Here’s some risk management advice for personal injury lawyers: think twice before making a demand for future pain and suffering on behalf of a client who died 10 months ago. You migh… Read More
The most frequent complaint clients have about their lawyer is not lack of competence or losing at trial. It’s poor communication. “[F]ailure to keep a client adequately inform… 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.