Law Practice Management
Do you know how much ROT is in your law firm? If not, you should find out. In the world of information technology, ROT stands for Redundant, Obsolete or Trivial data stored in your firm&rsquo… Read More
Business of Law
If you are in a solo or small firm practice, don’t waste time trying to be like bigger firms. Instead, lean into your size, which makes you flexible, accessible and local. That’s … Read More
Practice of Law
Here’s some risk management advice: in a fishing tournament, it’s a bad idea to stuff your prize catch full of lead weights. If you get caught, you’ll not only be disqualifi… Read More
Law Practice Management
It seems the Dawn of the Legal Platform is upon us, though it remains to be seen what impact this will have on your firm. The concept of the Legal Platform – essentially a standardizati… Read More
Business of Law
When you think of legal directories, Martindale-Hubbell and AVVO are probably the first two that come to mind. But there are lots of other online directories which, in combination with your e… Read More
Practice of Law
Sometimes the best advice to give your clients is to do it themselves. That may sound counter intuitive. Clients come to you for assistance, after all. They want you to do something to ease t… 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.