Practice of Law
Associate diversity has made significant gains in recent years, but partner diversity continues to lag. That’s according to the annual Report on Diversity at U.S. Law Firms from the NAL… Read More
Education & Careers
To tip or not to tip, that is the question – and the answer has gotten a lot more difficult in this age of digital tipping. We’ve all been there. We order a latte, pay with a cred… Read More
Charles Hardee, J. Anderson Little and Mike McIntyre are the 2023 recipients of the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award. The honorees, who were announced in December, were lauded for… Read More
Practice of Law
Lots of things can go wrong on a Zoom call, and the most serious mishaps are usually self-inflicted. A case in point comes from Chicago, where an unmuted attorney uttered profanity and a raci… Read More
Practice of Law
If your New Year’s Resolution was to stop procrastinating but you’ve haven’t gotten around to starting yet, you’ve come to the right place. The solution to your proc… Read More
Law Practice Management
Ready or not, here come the robot lawyers. In February, a pro se client will use an AI-powered “robot lawyer” earpiece to receive advice on contesting a traffic ticket in court, a… 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.