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“[T]ime waits for no one,” sage Rolling Stones advice from 1974, doesn’t appear in Black’s Law Dictionary or result in frequent opinion cites for Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, the

Continue Reading 19th Nervous Breakdown: on the Wrong Side of a Contractual Deadline, You Can’t Always Get What You Want

The City of Charlotte’s Gold Line Streetcar extension, that brought the system to a 4-mile, 17-stop line, opened to the public in August 2021. But disputes about its construction (and

Continue Reading Charlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to Public

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

PreGel America makes and distributes products used in the gelato, ice cream and pastry business. But it alleges a far less than sweet experience with its former CEO, who the

Continue Reading A Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation Claims

While an insurance carrier “labor[ed] valiantly” to rescue claims over $3.1 million in overpayments to a hospital in its network, the Business Court held it failed because the contract at

Continue Reading Business Court Holds Clause Curbing Limitations Period Means Exactly What Contracting Parties Said it Did

Just last year, in assessing the extent to which a director has a duty to oversee a corporation’s business affairs, the Business Court noted the “limited guidance” afforded by state

Continue Reading Corporate Director Duty to at Least “Try” to Carry Out Oversight Functions May Soon Extend to Company Officers

“You are remembered for the rules you break.”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur

First, this is certainly true. Second, when it comes to the exacting nature of the rules for getting a

Continue Reading Half the Battle May be Just Showing Up, but in Business Court Giving Timely Notice that You’re Coming is an Unbending Rule