North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
I’m sure that by now you’ve already seen the infamous video of the Texas attorney who logged onto a virtual hearing with a filter turned on that made him look like a cat. If not, Google it and watch it. ...
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Read More »How to avoid an ap-paw-ling virtual hearing cat-astrophe
‘Can I smoke in here?’ and other virtual depo fails 
By Courtney Collins and Meagan Donohoe The legal profession’s transition into the online sphere in 2020 was abrupt, disconcerting and sometimes painful, but it is finally official: We continue forward, but (mostly) virtually. Hearings, mediations, arbitrations and—most commonly—depositions have vacated ...
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Read More »Lawyers: Take a look at these two social media platforms
As you plan for a successful 2021 for your law firm, don’t forget to consider how you plan to use social media to forward your firm’s marketing and business development goals in the coming year. Importantly, you may want ...
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Read More »Using technology in the courtroom
By F. Dennis Saylor IV and Daniel I. Small BridgeTower Media Newswires Whatever may divide us as a society, we all seem to have one thing in common: spending hours every day staring at screens. Pretty much everyone has now ...
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Read More »What COVID-19 has taught us about protecting against the next crisis
By Jeffrey Harradine BridgeTower Media Newswires We all know more than we did at the outset of this pandemic, including businesses seeking legal redress for business disruption, breach of contract, insurance protection and business loss. Enough time has passed to ...
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Read More »Welcome back, Girl Scout cookies: ‘Kroger’ and the NLRB
By Matthew E. Christoph This winter, two groups visit a company on the same day: the Girl Scouts selling delicious cookies, and a labor union handing out flyers and soliciting employees. The company has a carefully drafted non-solicitation policy, but ...
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Read More »10 tips for employers considering a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine
By Katerina Kramarchyk and Meghan DiPasquale The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the FDA approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the United States under an Emergency Use Authorization. The question for employers once the ...
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Read More »The top 10 intellectual property cases of 2020
BY KIRK TESKA As is our custom this time of year, the following are the top 10 IP cases of the year. Tampa Brady NFL quarterback Tom Brady is once again seeking to acquire more federal trademark registrations. Last year ...
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Read More »Marketing during COVID: Leverage LinkedIn!
By Claire Papanastasiou BridgeTower Media Newswires Securing leadership buy-in for non-billable or non-client-facing initiatives is hard. This challenging dynamic has persisted for as long as there have been law firm marketing, business development, and internal and external communications departments. Social ...
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Read More »The many ways to satisfy signature rule for mediated settlements
BY DAN GIBSON On Nov. 3, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an important decision affecting mediated settlements, Mitchell v. Boswell. The court held N.C.G.S. § 7A-38.1(l)’s provision saying a mediated settlement agreement is unenforceable “unless it has been ...
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