Warren Savage is a claims attorney with Lawyers Mutual. Warren spends his days counseling lawyers on litigation and appellate practice issues and advising on practice management and ethics conundrums. Contact Warren at 800.662.8843 or warren@lawyersmutualnc.com.
Information regarding the Updated Appellate Style Manual. Read More
New NC appellate procedure book available. Read More
While legal careers will almost certainly end because of a career change, retirement, health, or death, a surprising number of lawyers reach that end without having considered and prepared for the recurring issues common to winding down a law practice. Here is a Top 10 list of the questions a lawyer and his or… Read More
Important link for information regarding appellate court filings. Read More
Determining the deadline for filing notice of appeal after final judgment, according to NC Court of Appeals ruling Read More
Google.docs scam alert when unsolicited document is uploaded to your account. Read More
A top 10 list of items to consider when it may be time to close your practice Read More
What happens to your law practice and clients when sudden tragedy strikes you, and your office is thrown into chaos and uncertainty because of your death, disability or acute illness? On many occasions over the past year, Lawyers Mutual has seen the extreme difficulties caused for some of our insureds or their … Read More
Decision determines requirements for pleadings against governmental employees Read More
Being prepared in case of an unexpected death, illness or disability Read More
The dangers of out of state statute of limitations deadlines Read More
Questions to ask regarding the new Rule 9(j) Read More
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Careful drafting can avoid immunity headaches 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.