Out of the Office Series: Fitness Edition
Desirae Hutchinson Where do you work and what is your job title? I work at Cape Fear Valley Health System and am Assistant Counsel there. What type of law do…
Reflections on 2022’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit
I could not help but compare and contrast this year’s trip to Washington, D.C., for the IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit to the last one I attended, which was…
And the Award Goes to: Julian Mann III
The first part of this article consists of reasons the section presented the award to Judge Mann, and the second part has his response to the presentation[1]:…
Disability Access in the Practice of Law – Begin Making Your Law Firms More Accessible for Disabled Employees and Clients with this Simple Checklist
You may be unintentionally excluding a quarter of your clients and coworkers. Twenty-six percent of adults living in the United States live with some sort of…
Cleo Le Anne Ackerman – The Winner of the Spring 2022 Paralegal Division Student Scholarship
The Scholarship Committee had an amazing selection of student essays submitted for the Spring 2022 Paralegal Division Student Scholarship. The topic, “What…
Key Takeaways from the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
After two-plus years of mostly attending CLEs, webinars, and other knowledge-building events via Zoom, Teams or some other virtual platform, it was great to…
Why Do We Make Such a Big Deal about Awards?
The practice of law is many things – challenging, intellectually stimulating, problem solving, creative (and fun). At its best, the practice of law is built…
Pro Bono Spotlight: Kayla Britt
Kayla Britt is the example of a what everyone strives for in a great lawyer: dedicated, professional, passionate, humble. A recipient of the NCBA YLD Young…
Golden Parachute Payments – Shareholder Approval Exception
Sections 280G and 4999 impose a 20% excise tax in addition to regular income taxes on individuals who receive an excess parachute payment upon a change of…
Micro Mindfulness For Modern Lawyers
We don’t need anything else to add to our to-do list. We don’t need to overhaul our entire practice. Instead, we can do one little thing that could make a…