[UPDATED MAY 20, 2020]-
While it is no silver bullet, North Carolina’s new pandemic aid legislation (Session Law 2020-3) includes helpful liability limitations for certain businesses faced with claims by employees,...more
While it is no silver bullet, North Carolina’s new pandemic aid legislation (Session Law 2020-3) includes helpful liability limitations for certain businesses faced with claims by employees, customers and users of personal...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
Buried within North Carolina’s omnibus pandemic aid legislation signed into law on May 4, 2020 is a new statute that temporarily allows notaries to administer oaths remotely. This paves the way for conducting fully remote...more
Q: Are pre-conflict NC contacts relevant?
A: Yes.
Q: What if they relate to a separate contract between the parties?
A: Yes. Still relevant.
In Button v. Level Four Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc., 2020 NCBC 18 (Mar. 13,...more
In Cohen v. Continental, 2020 NCBC Order 12 (N.C. Super. Ct. Mar. 12, 2020) Judge Gale discussed several practical PJ issues – including waiver and website/e-mail contacts. Some takeaways are:
•PJ is a waivable defense....more
This afternoon, Chief Judge Bledsoe issued a second Order – 14 April 2020 NCBC Order – applicable to all Business Court Actions extending case management and other deadlines and procedures to match those in Chief Justice...more
Contacts, not contracts, are the key.
Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Beem USA Limited-Liability Ltd. P’ship v. Grax Consulting, LLC, — N.C. –, 838 S.E.2d 158 (2020), Judge Gale decided a series of personal...more
Though challenges to Business Court designations, i.e. subject matter jurisdiction, are relatively common (see, e.g., Business Court Retains Case Even After ‘Jurisdictional Hook’ Claim is Dismissed), challenges to personal...more
With Court “ordered” corporate record inspections, who pays for the fees? More often than not, shareholders have to pay their own attorneys’ fees.
In Bauk v. Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company, 18 CVS 358, Order and...more
Considering whether to add a Chapter 75 claim to your breach of contract dispute? If you don’t have substantial aggravating circumstances, resist the urge and don’t assert the Chapter 75 claim. In a recent order, Judge...more