Following up on my post from earlier this week, the Mecklenburg County Business Court CLE concluded on Friday with the panel of Judges, Chief Judge Bledsoe, Judge McGuire, and Judge Conrad, sharing some practice pointers and personal preferences. What follows is my summary and interpretation of what they said. As with my
This past Friday, the Mecklenburg County Bar held its 7th Annual North Carolina Business Court CLE. If you regularly practice in the Business Court, this is a “must attend.” There were a number of helpful, relevant, and informative presentations, but the highlight of the CLE was the day’s last session, when attendees heard directly
In Reynolds American Inc. v. Third Motion Equities Master Fund Ltd. et al., 2019 NCBC 35 (N.C. Super. Ct. June 4, 2019), the Business Court considered the scope of a judicial appraisal proceeding under G.S. § 55-13-30. The defendants, who owned stock in
The N.C. Business Court has issued three rulings this summer on the pleadings in Willard v. Barger, 19 CvS 182 (Davie County). See 2019 NCBC 42; 2019 NCBC 33; 2019 NCBC 30. Most recently,
In N.C. Dep’t of Revenue v. Graybar Elec. Co., Inc., 2019 NCBC 2 (N.C. Super. Ct. Jan. 9, 2019), the Business Court addressed the interplay between the federal dividends received deduction and the (now repealed) North Carolina
It started out like a typical Business Court case: a company filed suit against its former employees (and their new company) and asserted claims for things like breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. The plaintiff also filed motions for a temporary restraining
In Vizant Technologies, LLC v. YRC Worldwide Inc., 2019 NCBC 15 (N.C. Super Mar. 1, 2019), Judge Bledsoe granted a motion for stay pending appeal of an interlocutory order under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-294 after identifying an infrequently sighted