Lawyers Mutual has produced many articles and publications in it's years of service to the lawyers of North Carolina. Much of this material was produced before our publications were accessible online. Some of this material is still relevant and contains good practice tips. With this in mind, we are sharing some of our earlier published materials with you.
Think before you e-mail. E-mail has become an informal mode of correspondence – and because of this, users are often less careful in their messaging. Offensive messages might be available to countless people in a newsgroup or listserv – and can be stored indefinitely on a hard drive.… 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.