Each February, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts publishes its Report on North Carolina Business Court. The Report includes data on case types, number of cases, pending motions, and average age, with...more
2/24/2025
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Every litigant wants their attorneys’ fees, but actually recovering them in North Carolina is rare. Fee recovery must be authorized by rule or statute, and fees must be “reasonable.”...more
11/29/2022
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At the onset of the pandemic, North Carolina passed a law allowing emergency remote notarization and oaths by live video (e.g., Facetime, WebEx, Zoom). This emergency law had a built-in sunset of August 1, 2020, since the...more
Think back-dating that email will help your case?
Think again. Ford v. Jurgens, 2022 NCBC Order 9 (N.C. Super. Ct. Feb. 16, 2022) involved a dispute between a nonprofit real estate investment association (“the...more
5/5/2022
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At the onset of the pandemic, North Carolina passed a law allowing remote notarization and oaths by live video (e.g., Facetime, WebEx, Zoom). With a built-in sunset of August 1, 2020, the authorization for remote...more
As COVID-19 numbers improve, North Carolina is among the states beginning to resume in-person hearings and civil trials. The week of March 14 saw several developments that collectively signal a “measured reopening” of the...more
By now, most North Carolina businesses have considered this question: Does the pandemic or a government stay-at-home order forgive our performance under a commercial contract? The simple, but unsatisfactory, answer is...more
North Carolina’s omnibus pandemic aid legislation includes a new statute that temporarily allows remote notarization and oaths by video until August 1, 2020.
Signed into law on May 4, 2020, the Emergency Video Notarization...more