North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Imagine this: You’re a lawyer representing one of many defendants in a new lawsuit. You receive an email from the plaintiff’s lawyers, addressed to you as well as counsel for 19 other defendants. All that’s in the email is a ...

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By Dawn R. Solowey and Lynn A. Kappelman As trial lawyers representing employers, we have learned a great deal over time about how jurors tend to think about employment cases. Yet watching a jury deliberate during a mock trial — ...

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By Evan H. Krinick BridgeTower Media Newswires Two truisms: 1) smart people do stupid things; and 2) if something seems to be too good to be true, then it is probably not real. The first truism occurs when people forget ...

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If you’re on social media (or simply don’t live under a rock) then you’re likely savvy to the health trends taking over pop culture. Kale is in and carbs are out. Be sure to hit 10,000 steps per day. Eat ...

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  A late hour in a dark office. A sleep-deprived lawyer squints at a glowing flatscreen, her keyboard pattering: tappity tap tap tap. Ctrl+C. Ctrl+V. Tap tappity tap. Ctrl+C. Ctrl+V. A quick scroll, hit Send, a distant lightning flash and ...

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  Running a small law firm isn’t easy. Practicing law is a full-time job in and of itself, and as a result most small firm lawyers don’t have the luxury of letting others run the back-end of their law firm. ...

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By George P. Bukuras In my career I have had the opportunity to do business in China, where I was introduced to the ancient art of chengyu, the use of idiomatic phrases to convey figurative meaning — a type of ...

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By Lloyd C. Rosenberg I became a partner at my firm the same year that my son was born. My wife decided that she would be a stay-at-home mom. We then purchased a larger house that we could ill afford ...

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By Susan Letterman White BridgeTower Media Newswires Leading involves influencing people in a way that helps turn your vision for your law firm into reality, and a leader’s success depends on communication skills. Developing communication skills The most effective leaders ...

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The percentage of Americans who feel anxious at work is high, and those numbers are only continuing to grow. According to the CDC’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, studies have found the number of Americans who feel “extremely ...

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