At Least Make Sure You’re Still in the Water if you Must Try It
Sometimes, when discovery in a commercial case has been a mess, a party that imposes unusual
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The Trouble with Trebles
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CBD Industry Dispute Examines when Conduct Outside an Entity can be Considered an Internal Dispute that Avoids Gateway to Unfair Trade Practice Damages
The CBD product market, by some estimates,…
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One Law Firm. Two Clients. Three Times the Complexity.
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Counsel in North Carolina Derivative Actions can Represent Company, and Targeted Directors who do not Face “Serious Charges of Wrongdoing”
Amidst a “bitter family dispute” over future control of a…
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NC Business Court Refuses to Strike a Most-Favored-Nation Clause Challenged as Hopelessly Vague by Pork Industry Titan
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Hog Supplier Allowed Discovery to Prove Smithfield Foods Impermissibly Favored Other Vendors Despite Contract Clause
The paths that lead to the North Carolina Business Court are often paved with the…
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In a Church Divided, Secular Courts Have Limited Tools to Rejoin What a Congregation has Put Asunder
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Discord within a faith community comes with all the challenges of a secular dispute, but carries with it the special responsibility that members of a congregation share in a collective…
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To Thine Own Documents be True
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Evidence a Party Controls, but Fails to Marshal at Trial, Falls Short of High Bar to Undo a Final Judgment Based on an Adversary’s Fraud
When a motion for reconsideration…
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A Clubhouse Conundrum
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Major Expansion at an Exclusive Country Club Leads to a Fight over Access to Records, Plans and Financials
At one of Charlotte’s finest golf courses, Myers Park Country Club,…
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NC Supreme Court Narrows What Counts as a “Public Record” Held by Private Entities with Extensive Government Ties
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State’s Authority over North Carolina Railroad Company Might be Significant, but Deemed Control of a “Shareholder,” not a “Sovereign”
In a case closely watched by public transit activists and “government…
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Contingency Drama
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Large Settlement Led to a Big Plot Reveal: The Agreement was Never Executed
Rule 1.5(c) of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct provides protection to clients with its requirement…
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Business Court Confirms the “Special” Cases Where State Law Claims “Arise Under” Federal Law Remain a Rarity
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As a still-young judicial panel, the Business Court frequently has an opportunity to define its boundaries in the face of challenges to its jurisdictional reach. In Inhold, LLC v. PureShield, …
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