In a mobile economy, with company executives and key employees working far afield from their company’s homes and interests, the often-tricky business of personal jurisdiction has taken on new layers of complexity. In Shively v. ACI Learning Holdings, LLC, 2025 NCBC 51, the Business Court examined its ability…
Continue Reading Business Court Explains When a Single Contract can be Enough to Show “Substantial Connection” to North Carolina for JurisdictionProviding Investment Advisory Services in North Carolina May be a “Profession,” But Doesn’t Get Limitations Period for Professional Negligence Claims
Investment advisors defending fraud claims from a former client recently asked the Business Court to…
Continue Reading Providing Investment Advisory Services in North Carolina May be a “Profession,” But Doesn’t Get Limitations Period for Professional Negligence Claims*(Though Sometimes in Business, Maybe Not)
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Continue Reading We Get By With a Little Help from Our Friends*Wolfspeed, Durham-Based Semiconductor Producer, Fighting Financial Peril in the Market and Employee Exits in the Courts
Wolfspeed, a Durham-based silicon carbide semiconductor business, has plenty on its plate these days…
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Judge Conrad’s Final Judgment in Airtron, Inc. v. Bradley Allen Heinrich ends this years-long Chapter 75, trade secret case. No doubt, the plaintiff (Airtron)…
Continue Reading No lawyer, no problem. Justice will still be served.Business Court Gives Maggie Valley’s Ghost Town in the Sky More Time to Scare up Some Investors
A member seeking to dissolve an LLC which owns a mothballed amusement park in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, didn’t have a “ghost of a chance” to close out a struggling…
Continue Reading Business Court Gives Maggie Valley’s Ghost Town in the Sky More Time to Scare up Some InvestorsCharlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to Public
The City of Charlotte’s Gold Line Streetcar extension, that brought the system to a 4-mile, 17-stop line, opened to the public in August 2021. But disputes about its construction (and…
Continue Reading Charlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to PublicWhen discovery goes so off the rails that a court declares a party “has stalled the progress” of a case, prejudiced its opponent and “wasted judicial resources,” there’s little doubt…
Continue Reading When Discovery Goes Off Track, can a Pro Se Party Right the Course?Check your Receipts at Summary Judgment: Court Awards Attorney’s Fees Against Party that Pressed on with “Meritless” Claim After Close of Discovery
After a “hotly contested” four-year litigation that resulted in mutual, without prejudice dismissals, the plaintiff in Vitaform, Inc. v. Aeroflow, Inc., 2023 NCBC 76, said it would refile…
Continue Reading Check your Receipts at Summary Judgment: Court Awards Attorney’s Fees Against Party that Pressed on with “Meritless” Claim After Close of DiscoveryA Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation Claims
PreGel America makes and distributes products used in the gelato, ice cream and pastry business. But it alleges a far less than sweet experience with its former CEO, who the…
Continue Reading A Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation ClaimsA Publicly Filed Court Document Does Make a Sound, Even if No One is Around to Hear It
When an amended complaint renders the arguments of a motion to dismiss moot, what effect does it have on the public’s ability to view the parties’ filings on the motion?
Continue Reading A Publicly Filed Court Document Does Make a Sound, Even if No One is Around to Hear ItWhen Doing the Same Thing Over Again and Expecting Different Results is not Insane, a Court Explains
After a six-day jury trial including evidence of “no show” jobs, questionable “friends and family” payroll slots, and allegations of fraud and embezzlement, a Mecklenburg County jury returned a $3-million-plus…
Continue Reading When Doing the Same Thing Over Again and Expecting Different Results is not Insane, a Court ExplainsAn employee trading places among industry competitors allegedly provided his new employer with bidding and pricing information so critical that the receiving company’s CEO thought it was a “gold mine”…
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