Litigation is costly, both in time and money. Making this worse, court dockets often are backlogged, so it can take even longer—sometimes years—to resolve a lawsuit. To save litigants and courts time and resources, most...more
A preliminary injunction is a pre-trial court order that stops (or sometimes mandates) action by the opposing party in a lawsuit.
A party may seek a preliminary injunction when they will suffer irreparable harm—that is,...more
Attorney-client privilege. Most people have heard of it, and most have a general idea it means.
But what, exactly, is attorney-client privilege? What's its purpose? What does it cover? When does it begin and end? Can...more
In recent weeks, the Supreme Court of North Carolina has published notices regarding the upcoming rollout of a statewide electronic filing system called Odyssey Integrated Case Management System, or Odyssey ICMS.
For...more
In federal court, the rules for out-of-state counsel's participation vary from district to district.
For out-of-state counsel seeking to appear in federal court in North Carolina, the local rules require, first and...more