Chief Justice Paul Newby has designated Judge Adam Conrad to serve as Chief Judge of the North Carolina Business Court, effective August 1, 2026. The announcement can be found here
Continue Reading Adam Conrad Designated as Chief Judge of North Carolina Business Court
The war over TikTok has many battle lines. A Biden era law that would have banned TikTok as of January 1, 2025 if it didn’t find a U.S. owner for
Continue Reading TikTok’s New Domestic Owners Still Face an Array of State Consumer Protection Claims Over Unfairly Targeting Minors
“WHERE is SECURITY???”
That’s what a patron of Northlake Mall and Northlake Commons reportedly asked in an online forum about safety concerns at these Mecklenburg County shopping venues. The plaintiff
Continue Reading Business Court Expands Potential Duties of Landowners for Torts that Begin on Their Property, but Conclude Elsewhere
Each February, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts publishes its Report on North Carolina Business Court. The Report includes data on case types, number of cases, pending
Continue Reading Productivity and Progress: Recap of the 2024 Business Court Report and Some Civics
This lawsuit involves breach of a confidential settlement agreement. In motion briefing, both sides relied on and filed the subject agreement. Both sides also filed (unopposed) motions to seal it.
Continue Reading No rubber stamps here. Judge Conrad denies a motion to seal.By Jeff MacHarg and Camryn Rohr.
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.
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 Investors
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?
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 It
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 Explains