Business of Law
A Quick Course in Blockchain Basics 101
Raise your hand if you don’t know much about blockchain or how it can affect your practice. Okay, hands down. Now raise your hand if you’d like to learn the basics of bloc… Read More
Business of Law
Practice of Law
Are You Suffering from Screen Exhaustion?
If your eyes are growing itchy and tired during the workday, you might be experiencing screen exhaustion. If you’re also having headaches, neck pain and difficulty sleepin… Read More
Business of Law
LegalZoom Has Big Plans for Expansion
LegalZoom is about to get much zoomier. Fresh off an IPO in June that resulted in a multi-billion dollar valuation, LegalZoom is now pursuing an alternative business structure license in Ar… Read More
Education & Careers
Good News, Bad News for Recent Law Grads
For recent law graduates, there’s good news and bad news. The good news: the national median salary for the class of 2020 reached an all-time high of $75,000, up more than three percent… Read More
Risk Management
Ethical Consequences of Counterfeit Check Scams
How to spot a counterfeit check, and what should you do if you think you’ve been scammed? That question is at the heart of a recent NC State Bar ethics ruling, which suggests yo… Read More
Risk Management
NC Issues Ethics Guidance on Communicating with Judges
Is it okay for a lawyer to text or email a judge and request a continuance because of a family emergency? What if the lawyer also notifies all the other judges in his district, not just the o… Read More
Two Ethics Opinions on Wire Fraud Are Must-Reads
In light of the NC State Bar’s crackdown against lawyers who don’t take adequate protection to prevent wire fraud, attorneys should pay attention to two ethics opinions. T… Read More
