Sometimes a discovery molehill turns into a mountain (of documents) quicker than you can type the word warehouse.
Back in January, in North Carolina ex rel. Stein v. EIDP, Inc.
Continue Reading Discovery Molehills, Mountains, and a Climbing Guide from the NC Business Court
When 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?
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 Discovery
On October 14, 2022, the Mecklenburg County Business Court CLE was back in person, with a full day of amazing presentations and, as is tradition, concluded with the panel of
Continue Reading 2022 Business Court CLE: What the Business Court Judges Want You to KnowSometimes, when discovery in a commercial case has been a mess, a party that imposes unusual
Continue Reading Swapping Litigation Horses Midstream is a Treacherous Course
When a motion for reconsideration
Continue Reading To Thine Own Documents be True
Discovery in a complex commercial case can feature its fair share of mayhem, particularly where it includes a large document production. Yet, where parties plan and execute information exchanges with
Continue Reading Discovery Holes Can be Escaped, but First: Stop Digging
Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.
– drawn from The Old Man and Death, Aesop
In Brewer v. Grue, 2020 NCBC 59, Judge Conrad
Continue Reading A Discovery Tale as Old as Time: Seek What You Really Want, or You May Never Find It
Jeff MacHarg & Ashley Barton Chandler
In this order from Buckley LLP v. Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Co. NC LLC, Chief Judge Bledsoe dealt with dueling motions to
Continue Reading For Hybrid Business-Legal Communications, Privilege Depends on the “Primary Purpose”
In a dispute among the members of a dissolved soccer gear company, the Business Court flashed a “red card” on litigants who
Continue Reading A Discovery Kick Hits “Pay Dirt” and Soccer Company Principals Face Sanctions