Education & Careers
The recent merger of two powerhouse U.S. law firms has created a Southeastern mega-firm, with a trio of offices in North Carolina. Nexsen Pruet, based in the Carolinas, is joining forces with… Read More
Education & Careers
If you want to live for 100-plus years, start spending more time on service work and helping others. And eat more chocolate. That formula worked for Sister André of France, who w… Read More
Law Practice Management
Want to create a Modern Law Firm? Here’s how to get started. Step one is to adopt a “modern law” mindset. That means centering your practice on client satisfaction, not bill… Read More
Practice of Law
The North Carolina eCourts File & Serve initiative is soon going live in four pilot counties. On February 13, File & Serve will debut in Wake, Harnett, Lee and Johnston counti… Read More
Risk Management
Cyber-criminals are launching strikes against government record sites nationwide, temporarily crippling the Register of Deeds offices in 13 North Carolina counties.Beginning in late 2022, reco… Read More
Are there any cat fanciers in your law office? If so, are they “conscientious caretakers” or “tolerant guardians?” Or maybe they’re “laissez-faire landlord… 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.