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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 broken hearts of business partners whose interests, and fortunes, have diverged. Often as not, the Court’s opinions survey the wreckage, identify factors that may have…

Business Court Holds North Carolina Arbitration and Choice-of-Law Provisions Insufficient to Exercise Personal Jurisdiction over England-Based Company

In Curvature, Inc. v. Cantel Computer Servs. Ltd., 2019 NCBC 47 (N.C. Super. Ct. Aug. 13, 2019), the Business Court considered whether it could exercise personal jurisdiction over the England-based defendant based on a contract that was…

N.C. Business Court Dismisses a Motion to Enforce Mediated Settlement Agreement After a Protracted Struggle Among Owners

In Local Social, Inc. v. Stallings, 2019 NCBC 8 (N.C. Super. Ct. Jan. 30, 2019), Judge Robinson granted the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss the Defendant’s Motion to Enforce the Mediated Settlement Agreement for lack of subject matter…