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
Civil Procedure
Charlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to PublicA Rule 4 Service Drama: all FedEx, DHL and UPS Delivery Modes are not Created EqualA Bitter Dish in the Dessert Industry: Company Pays Litigation Expenses for a Corporate Officer who Won Dismissal of Its Misappropriation Claims
Closely Held Business
Business Court Gives Maggie Valley’s Ghost Town in the Sky More Time to Scare up Some InvestorsDerivative Claim Boots are Made for Walking, Business Court Says, but Only When an LLC Leaves Them on the Rack.N.C. Business Court Declines to Adopt Rule that a Minority Shareholder Exercising "Actual Control" Could Have Fiduciary Duty to Other Shareholders.
Contract Breach
A Recipe for Rule 12(b) Failure: Unsavory Complexity, a Pinch of Confusion, and an Overflowing Cup of AcronymsWhen “Divorcing” Physicians Scuffle Over Contractual Plans to Honor Patient Choice, do they Render Medical Service?Sex Toy Titan Sues Estate of Founder to Compel Redemption of Shares Whose Value May Exceed $60 Million
Judge Bledsoe
Charlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to PublicCheck 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
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
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