Attorney Fees
When Discovery Goes Off Track, can a Pro Se Party Right the Course?Check your Receipts at Summary Judgment: Court Awards Attorney's Fees Against Party that Pressed on with “Meritless” Claim After Close of DiscoveryA Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation Claims
Intellectual Property
Two business court rulings offer insights on trade secret pleadings, employment agreements, and credibilityDenied! Judge Davis rejects a “half-hearted” approach to obtaining a preliminary injunctionNorth Carolina Supreme Court Unpacks a Service Contract and Finds a Potential Software Sale Lurking Within
Personal Jurisdiction
Not all contacts are created equal: more PJ lessons from the Business Court. Investors in Wilmington Project Lose Bid to Sue Company that Solicited Their Investments through Marketing Efforts in ChinaVodka Maker's Hopes for Partnership with Duke University Land Something it Didn’t Seek: a Defendant’s Chair in a North Carolina Courtroom
Settlement Agreement
19th Nervous Breakdown: on the Wrong Side of a Contractual Deadline, You Can’t Always Get What You WantWhen “Divorcing” Physicians Scuffle Over Contractual Plans to Honor Patient Choice, do they Render Medical Service?A Discovery Tale as Old as Time: Seek What You Really Want, or You May Never Find It
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
A Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation ClaimsBuyer Acquired Claims "of Any Kind,” Including Seller's Charge that its Own President's Misconduct Forced a Sale at Suppressed PriceOnce a Business Court Case, Always a Business Court Case
Trade Secrets
Two business court rulings offer insights on trade secret pleadings, employment agreements, and credibilityDenied! Judge Davis rejects a “half-hearted” approach to obtaining a preliminary injunctionCourt Looks Closely, but Sees no Whistleblower Story to Support Fired Employee’s Download of Key Documents