Risk Management
Real estate lawyers are prime targets for wire fraud scams, and the NC State Bar recently ruled that closing attorneys may be accountable for losses resulting from such scams. In 2020 Forma… Read More
Practice of Law
The NC State Bar has issued a comprehensive study of the secure leave policies that apply to state trial and appellate courts. The report, released in October 2021, is the result of nine mo… Read More
Practice of Law
COVID is causing an unprecedented number of law associates to jump from one firm to another – and partners are also changing firms, though not as rapidly. Just look at the num… Read More
Business of Law
You might think Search Engine Optimization is only for firms with big marketing budgets, but you can do it effectively on a shoestring. And the benefits are manifold. For instance, S… Read More
Practice of Law
The NC State Bar has proposed adding a new comment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 regarding awareness of implicit bias and cultural differences. Here is the language of the proposed co… Read More
Education & Careers
Although the first application deadline for the NC bar exam in July has already passed, it’s not too late to apply for the summer test. Non-licensed applicants have until March 1, 202… 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.