Risk Management
News of the MOVEit data breach – which resulted in the exposure of personal data on millions of people – set off alarm bells in law offices from Wilmington, NC to Walla Walla, WA. … Read More
Practice of Law
Better be careful using emojis in legal communications – especially if it happens during contract negotiations. You might wind up consenting to something you don’t intend to. For… Read More
Business of Law
Senate Bill 552 was signed in to law by Gov. Roy Cooper on June 23. This new law allows Emergency Video Notarization (EVN) to remain in place until the end of June 2024 while work on Remote El… Read More
Education & Careers
Lawyers Mutual congratulates attorney Cheryl D. Howell, who was honored by the N.C. State Bar with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award in June. Congratulations also to the famili… Read More
Practice of Law
Lawyers and other professionals are returning to their physical offices, but they are doing so at a jog, not a sprint. A recent survey shows a 47 percent occupancy rate for commercial spaces … Read More
Education & Careers
The legal profession is going strong, with jobs growth in June hitting a 10-year highwater mark. The legal services sector added 5,100 jobs in June 2023. Total law jobs were 1,185,100 in June… 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.