Law Practice Management
As you implement your firm’s marketing plan, be sure to keep the 90-9-1 rule top of mind. The rule – also known as the Participation Inequality Rule – is credited to interne… Read More
Education & Careers
Lawyers Mutual congratulates Asheville attorney Andy Banzhoff, who was elected in June as the new President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. A partner at Devereux & Banzhoff, … Read More
Risk Management
Colorectal cancer is the medical diagnosis that is most often missed in patient visits to outpatient settings. Lung cancer, breast cancer, heart attack and prostate cancer round out the top fi… Read More
Education & Careers
Has the concept of retirement become a dinosaur? Sure seems that way, in light of a recent survey in which almost a third of workers under 55 said, “I don’t think I will ever reti… Read More
Practice of Law
How much do you know about “unbundled” legal services? Do you offer unbundled services – also called limited scope legal services or discrete task representation – in … Read More
Practice of Law
Where do you stand on lawyer jokes? Do you take it personally when someone disparages what you do? Does it take a thick skin to be successful in the law? These and similar questions ran throu… 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.