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The NC Business Court Deals With The Apex Doctrine (Again)
Everest Mountain Peak – the top of the world (8848 m) I know that you haven’t heard from me in a while. I’m sorry, and I feel guilty. You’ve undoubtedly noticed that a gaggle of ten lawyers at Fox...
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NC Business Court Adds More Than One Hundred New Orders On Its Website
If you ever look at the Business Court’s website, you’ve noticed that the Court added late last year a new category of rulings, which it has dubbed “Orders of Significance.” There are 118 of these...
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NC Business Court Orders of Significance: Designating A Case To The NC...
This is the first of several intended posts on the so far unexamined “Orders of Significance” handed down by the NC Business Court. This one focuses on several Orders from Chief Judge Bledsoe on...
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Part 2 of __ of the Business Court’s Orders Of Significance: Attorney-Client...
This is Part 2 of an examination of the 100+ “Orders of Significance” dropped by the NC Business Court late last year. Part 1 of this series (on designating cases to the Court) is here. If you...
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Is The NC Business Court “Going To The Dogs?”
The parties in Leonard v. Ast, 2022 NCBC 35, decided by the NC Business Court last week, were collaborators in a business venture they named Barks and Recreation. Barks was a dog training business...
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NC Business Court Rejects Out-Of-State Lawyers’ Application For Fees As...
Plaintiffs asked for an award of attorneys’ fees in Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC v. Moody, 2022 NCBC 48. They had been awarded $3 million in compensatory and punitive and thjeir lawyers sought $2.5 million...
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NC Business Court Castigates Pro Se Claimant For Abusive Language
I couldn’t pass on writing about a Business Court Order that the Court itself described as “Sua Sponte Order on Abusive Language.” This is In re SE Eye Ctr, 2023 NCBC Order 15. Abusive language?...
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Changing Deposition Testimony. Are there limits?
The errata sheet. You’ve probably never given it a second thought. It is baked into the Rule of Civil Procedure governing the taking of depositions. NCRCP 30(e) gives the deponent the right to review...
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Two Words To Avoid When Drafting A Covenant Not To Compete
There are two words that have been in virtually every covenant not to compete that I have looked at. They are “directly or indirectly.” Banish those words from your covenant drafting! The covenant not...
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Things Not To Do When Filing A Motion For Summary Judgment In The NC Business...
Can you file a Motion for Summary Judgment too soon? The Plaintiffs in Wright v. LoRusso, 2023 NCBC 34 did exactly that, and were called out by Business Court Judge Conrad for violating Business Court...
View ArticleNC Business Court: A Pox On Both Your Houses
When a Court enters sanctions against a party, it is usually the result of the opposing party filing a Motion for Sanctions or the Court becoming so outraged at one party’s conduct that it delivers a...
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