Ace Hardware was long advertised as “the place with the helpful hardware man,” but even well-stocked aisles of tools and DIY accessories have their limitations. In Pro-Tops, Inc. v. Yuriy
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A party trying to serve their pleading used FedEx, but not the right FedEx. Turns out there are a slew of similarly-named FedEx’s, but only certain ones are approved “designated
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A counterclaim plaintiff’s claims in a complex trade secret action involving the development of cell-cultured human milk suffered a rather pedestrian fate given the important technological stakes. The counterclaim defendants
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In Sloan v. Inolife Techs., Inc., 2019 NCBC 3 (N.C. Super Jan. 9, 2019), the seller of a corporation’s
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