Sanctions were awarded by the Business Court in Red Ventures, LLC v. Modern Consumer, LLC, when two of the four Defendants didn’t show up for a mediated settlement conference.
The mediation had been scheduled by agreement, and all parties had received notice of the conference. Two of the Defendants, however, decided not to
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Read this if you litigate with the North Carolina Department of Revenue over tax matters, or know someone who does. The subject is a Business Court decision which makes clear an important prerequisite for obtaining review of a tax case in the Court.
The Business Court has jurisdiction over parties seeking judicial review of a
The Court granted an Opposition to Notice of Designation of Action as a Mandatory Complex Business case, ruling that:
This matter appears on the face of the pleadings to involve enforcement of a restrictive covenant contained in a settlement agreement. No additional issues involving the identification, delineation and protection of trade secrets appear from the
The impact of a "time is of the essence" provision on a real property transaction delayed by the discovery of environmental contamination was the subject of the Court of Appeals decision yesterday in Phoenix Limited Partnership v. Simpson.
The decision supersedes and replaces a March 2009 decision by the Court, in which it had
The Court denied a motion for sanctions because of the moving party’s failure to comply with the meet and confer requirements of Business Court Rule 18.6(a). The Court held that "[t]his reason alone is sufficient for the Court to deny the Motion."
Maybe, when you decided which cellphone provider to sign on with, you took a look at its coverage map showing what excellent coverage you would have throughout the country.
If you relied on that map in picking your carrier, you probably shouldn’t have. That’s the essence of an unpublished decision from the Fourth Circuit Court
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Things actually got funny during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing today on the nominations of Judges Albert Diaz and James Wynn of North Carolina to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. You can see that for yourselves in the video at the left.
Funny happened when Senator Al Franken, formerly of Saturday Night Live,
Lawyers defending against punitive damages claims ought to put on their dancing shoes after the North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Scarborough v. Dillard’s, Inc.
That’s because the majority opinion by Chief Justice Parker makes it easier for trial and appellate judges to set aside a jury’s award on punitive damages. With Scarborough
The Middle District’s new Magistrate Judge, Patrick Auld, was invested yesterday in a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Greensboro.
Cameras are allowed in the courthouse on ceremonial occasions like this, so I’m able to share with you a couple of photographs of the ceremony. That’s Judge Auld in the photo on the left, and
The Court denied an opposition to the designation of a case as a mandatory complex business case, holding that "[t]he allegations in the Complaint involve a breach of fiduciary duty and the failure to pay dividends and fall within the mandatory jurisdiction of the Business Court."