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 ItJudge Conrad
When Doing the Same Thing Over Again and Expecting Different Results is not Insane, a Court Explains
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 ExplainsBusiness Court Rejects Effort to Eclipse Tax Credit Regime that Spurred NC Solar Farm Builds
The NC Department of Revenue sought to throw some shade at the financing regimes through which solar farm and other renewable energy projects are built by challenging the flow of…
Continue Reading Business Court Rejects Effort to Eclipse Tax Credit Regime that Spurred NC Solar Farm BuildsWhen “Divorcing” Physicians Scuffle Over Contractual Plans to Honor Patient Choice, do they Render Medical Service?
The Palmetto Medical Group had a “messy divorce.”
Palmetto’s three physicians had settled into “mutual distrust” and got a good distance down the road toward separation by negotiating a Practice…
Continue Reading When “Divorcing” Physicians Scuffle Over Contractual Plans to Honor Patient Choice, do they Render Medical Service?A Swan Song for Noncompete Clauses?
If the Federal Trade Commission has its way, litigation fights like the one between IQVIA, Inc. and Circuit Clinical Solutions, Inc. over the job switch of executive Dana Edwards will…
Continue Reading A Swan Song for Noncompete Clauses?Do Sanctions Against AWOL Litigants Make a Sound When they Land?
If a court “throws the book” at steadfastly uncooperative litigants, did it really happen if there’s no one around to take the hit? The Business Court tested that “tree falling…
Continue Reading Do Sanctions Against AWOL Litigants Make a Sound When they Land?Prove it! Lessons learned from recent N.C. Business Court rulings on fee petitions.
By Jeff MacHarg and La-Deidre Matthews.
Every litigant wants their attorneys’ fees, but actually recovering them in North Carolina is rare. Fee recovery must be authorized by rule or…
Continue Reading Prove it! Lessons learned from recent N.C. Business Court rulings on fee petitions.Not all contacts are created equal: more PJ lessons from the Business Court.
By Jeff MacHarg and Sarah Traynor
A few months after successfully settling its lawsuit and obtaining a consent judgment against JUUL, the State of North Carolina doubled down, suing…
Continue Reading Not all contacts are created equal: more PJ lessons from the Business Court.2022 Business Court CLE: What the Business Court Judges Want You to Know
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 KnowA Business Court Finds There is Little “Neutral” Ground in Disputes Over Church Business
An intra-congregational dispute over control of church bank accounts led the Wakefield Missionary Baptist Church to a schism that forced out a senior pastor, saw church doors locked, and resulted…
Continue Reading A Business Court Finds There is Little “Neutral” Ground in Disputes Over Church Business