Education & Careers
If you think you’re seeing more baby girls named Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Sophia and Ava, you’re not mistaken. Likewise for boys named Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and Mateo. Those are… Read More
Practice of Law
Burnout doesn’t just sap energy from your law practice, it also hurts your bottom line. But if you understand the most common causes of burnout, you can be proactive in preventing it. … Read More
Risk Management
For a practicing lawyer, few things are worse than realizing you’ve made a mistake in case. When it happens – and if you practice long enough, it will – the big question is … Read More
Education & Careers
It appears that rumors of the demise of the Law School Admission test were premature. At its mid-year meeting, the American Bar Association decided to keep the testing requirement for all A… Read More
Law Practice Management
Do you subscribe to the newsletter that brings expertly curated tips on running your law office straight to your inbox each month? Lawyers Mutual Practice Reimagined – “A digest o… Read More
Law Practice Management
Many books about partner compensation are written from a BigLaw perspective. But authors Camille Stell and Brenda Barnes recognize that most lawyers work in smaller and mid-size firms where co… 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.