Practice of Law
These days every law firm must offer at least a basic level of Digital Service Delivery. Whether you’re 100 percent virtual or 100 percent physical, your practice must include digital o… Read More
Practice of Law
More than 80 percent of lawyers define a “multidisciplinary” practice team as one comprised of attorneys drawn from varying firms, practice areas and experience levels. The caveat… Read More
Business of Law
When it comes to your law firm website, the key factor is not how much you paid for it, or what web designer you used. And it’s not whether you love or hate your site. The key … Read More
Education & Careers
More people are applying for law school, which means it’s harder to get in. To illustrate: last year, a score of 172 on the LSAT and a 3.8 college GPA would likely have been good enou… Read More
Practice of Law
(Excerpted from “Designing a Succession Plan for Your Law Practice,” by Tom Lenfestey and Camille Stell. See below for information on ordering the book.) Life is not a che… Read More
Practice of Law
One factor that is contributing to Zoom fatigue is having to work extra hard to communicate your thoughts and feelings accurately. Ordinary cues like body language and tone of voice 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.