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Business Court Update: North Carolina Courts Can Reach Out-of-State Executives  

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Last week, the North Carolina Business Court denied a motion to dismiss, stating that it could exercise personal jurisdiction over claims against an out-of-state executive when he sought personal benefit and threatened to...more

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Out-of-State Attorneys Have Room to Argue their Work for North Carolina Residents Does Not Create “Minimum Contacts”

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Drue Moore was co-founder of a company at the center of today’s high-finance college coaching carousel. Defendant Winthrop Intelligence, LLC used public records to aggregate university data, including coaching salaries, and...more

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Courts have Rods and Reels, But Don’t Make Them Fish for The Story

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We focus a lot at the blog on ways in which the Business Court sets the boundaries for conduct of business within the State to provide a more settled landscape for companies to assess risks and opportunities. There are...more

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Texas Business Court Rejects Delaware-Style Veil Piercing, Enforces Texas’ Statutory Standard

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The Texas Business Court continues to show it will enforce statutory limits on entity liability and scrutinize early pleadings under Rule 91a. Judge Brian Stagner’s opinion in Lensabl hits three issues that frequently arise:...more

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North Carolina Business Court Weighs in on Business Breakups and Fiduciary Claims

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The North Carolina Business Court recently issued an opinion in Carolina Medical Partners, PLLC v. Shah. The case involves a flurry of litigation arising out of the breakup of a medical practice and allegations of impropriety...more

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Business Court Explains When a Single Contract can be Enough to Show “Substantial Connection” to North Carolina for Jurisdiction

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In a mobile economy, with company executives and key employees working far afield from their company’s homes and interests, the often-tricky business of personal jurisdiction has taken on new layers of complexity. In Shively...more

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Providing Investment Advisory Services in North Carolina May be a “Profession,” But Doesn’t Get Limitations Period for...

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Investment advisors defending fraud claims from a former client recently asked the Business Court to place them within the three-year statute of limitations applicable to those who provide professional services. In Pridgen v....more

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Wolfspeed, Durham-Based Semiconductor Producer, Fighting Financial Peril in the Market and Employee Exits in the Courts

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Wolfspeed, a Durham-based silicon carbide semiconductor business, has plenty on its plate these days amid media reports of an impending bankruptcy reorganization. While such a filing would be aimed at a short(ish) judicial...more

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Business Court Expands Potential Duties of Landowners for Torts that Begin on Their Property, but Conclude Elsewhere

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That’s what a patron of Northlake Mall and Northlake Commons reportedly asked in an online forum about safety concerns at these Mecklenburg County shopping venues. The plaintiff in Brown v. TM Northlake Mall, LP, 2025 NCBC...more

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Straight From The Source – Comments From The Business Court Judges

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At the NCBA’s annual Antitrust and Complex Business Disputes Section CLE last week, there was a panel segment of the North Carolina Business Court Judges. Fox Rothschild was there, and here is our recap of what we heard and...more

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In A Fight Over Corporate Inspection Rights, A Quick Kick Beats The Trick Play

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A group of mostly powerless Class B members in a utility services firm suspected its only Class A member of self-dealing, but their suspicions did not mate with corporate authority to do much about it. However, blessed with...more

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N.C. Business Court Remains Suspicious Of A Chapter 75 Claim Involving Internal Corporate Strife, But Allows The Claim To Survive...

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The Business Court tentatively waded back into its well-settled case law that tends to scold litigants who try to convert internal company disputes into unfair trade practice claims in Constr. Managers, Inc. v. Amory, 2019...more

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