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By Jeff MacHarg and Camryn Rohr.

Maven Advantage, Inc. and Square One Storm Restoration, LLC are competing roofing businesses.  Maven alleged that two employees (Couch and Daniels) stole Maven’s

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A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly

Continue Reading Business Court Assesses Duties to Protect Patient Information Shared Through Electronic Portals

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

More than 500 sequentially accessed files downloaded to a personal thumb drive, and a description in a verified complaint of the purported confidential information and trade secrets implicated, were the

Continue Reading Court Looks Closely, but Sees no Whistleblower Story to Support Fired Employee’s Download of Key Documents

It turns out there is something more difficult than the financing and development of a luxury retirement community, the long life of which spanned from its initial municipal approval in

Continue Reading A Recipe for Rule 12(b) Failure: Unsavory Complexity, a Pinch of Confusion, and an Overflowing Cup of Acronyms