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Avoiding Equitable Distribution & Alimony Claims

Equitable distribution and alimony claims review. Read More +

categories: Family Law, Substantive Law, Estate Planning, Risk Management, Substantive

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Alias or Pluries Summons – A Mistake Waiting to Happen

Preventing Alias or Pluries summonses mistakes. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Substantive

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: The Trustee’s Duty of Neutrality

Do you ever serve as trustee of a client’s trust? Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Ethics, Risk Management, Client Relations, Estate Planning, Substantive

Lawyer Suspended for Settling PI Cases Without Client Consent

A Pennsylvania lawyer has been suspended for three years for settling auto accident cases without telling his client. He also failed to inform his client (an insurance company) about key developments in the cases, including default judgments and arbitration hearings. The lawyer entered into a consent order … Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Ethics, Ethics, Bucket-Business of Law, Bucket-Risk Management

Practice points with Mark Scruggs: Get It Outta There!

Don’t let affirmative defenses that you deem meritless remain in the Answer and a part of the case.  Read More +

categories: Practice Management, Substantive Law, Ethics, Risk Management

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Suing the Wrong Defendant

One of the most common errors we see at Lawyers Mutual is the failure to sue the right defendant before the statute of limitations expires.  Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Litigation

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Conflicts and Confidentiality – the Bane of an Estates Lawyer

Practice Points with Mark Scruggs - Conflicts and Confidentiality Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Client Relations, Estate Planning, Substantive

First Ever OCR Settlement of Enforcement Action Against HIPAA Business Associate Due to PHI Breach - $650,000 Monetary Resolution Payment

Warning for attorneys advising clients regarding HIPAA business associate agreements. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Practice Management, Practice Management Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Litigation

Attorneys, Check Your Consumer Demand Letters!

Suggestions, from case law, to help attorney demand letters not run afoul of FDCPA standards. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Practice Management, Practice Management Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Litigation, Debt Collection

Help for Your Next Military Divorce Case

Resources for those handling a domestic case involving military personnel. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Practice Management, Practice Management Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Family Law

The Common Interest Doctrine: Lessons on avoiding an inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege.

A review at the common interest doctrine concerning communications with interested third parties and maintaining attorney-client privilege. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Practice Management, Practice Management Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Client Communications, Client Relations

Assessing the Legal Capacity of Our Clients

Tips for discerning diminished capacity when it is not immediately evident. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Client Relations, Practice Management, Client Relations, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Client Relations

Handling Copyright Disputes in Digital Media: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act in Practice

Tips for managing a DMCA dispute claim. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Technology, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Technology, Tech Tips, Litigation, IP

Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Claims – Common Errors

Tips to avoid common traps in UM/UIM claims. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Risk Management, Practice Management, Practice Management Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Litigation

Third-Party Litigation Financing and Ethical Traps for the Unwary Lawyer

Dangers associated with third-party financing of litigation cases. Read More +

categories: Substantive Law, Ethics, Ethics, Ethics Tips, Substantive, Malpractice Tips, Litigation
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NCCOA Opinion Requires Parties To Sign Mediated Settlement Agreements To Be Enforceable

North Carolina Court of Appeals issues an opinion requiring the parties, and not the attorneys on behalf of the parties, to sign memoranda of settlement from mediations in order for the settlement to be enforceable. 

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