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The Hardest Part of Transition Isn’t Financial
This is the first post in a two-part series addressing how attorneys and firms can plan for and navigate an attorney’s retirement. The second post will be…
Checking In: July 21, 2026
Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Robinson & Lawing Welcomes New Partner Linda L. Helms has joined the firm, where she is a member of the litigation practice.…
North Carolina’s 2026 Budget Bill Makes Sweeping Changes to Land Use and Zoning Law: What Local Governments Need to Know
The North Carolina General Assembly’s 2026 budget bill — the 2026 Appropriations Act, Session Law 2026-41 (Senate Bill 257) — was signed into law on…
Meet Jalen Saunders: 2026 NCBA IP Section Diversity Scholarship Recipient
A Conversation with an Engineer-Turned-Law Student on Nuclear Energy, Patent Prosecution, and Building a More Inclusive Legal Community The Intellectual…
PTET Election Under The OBBBA
As discussed in New North Carolina PTE Tax Can Reduce Federal Income Taxes (December 14, 2022), the pass-through entity tax (the “PTET”) elections enacted…
What Can You Get on Top of That Judgment? Subtle Revisions to North Carolina’s Costs Statute That You Need to Know
For nearly two decades, North Carolina litigators have wrestled with a deceptively simple question at the close of a case: what, exactly, can a prevailing…
Planting Seeds in the Desert: Interviews with Legal Oasis Interns (Part 4)
In this blog post series, interns who are participating in the Legal Oasis Internship program discuss their participation in the program and why they choose…
A Message From Your 2025-2026 Chair
As your outgoing chair of the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section, I am thankful and humbled by the work that our small but mighty section completed this year. A…
Federal Income Tax Update
I. Conservation Easement Deed did not Constitute a CWA because it did not Contain a Merger Clause; Martin vs. Commissioner, TC Memo 2026-39. A.…
Where the Mechanic’s Lien Breaks: A New Construction Case from the N.C. Court of Appeals
A first-person reflection on K. Lee Builders, Inc. v. Barnes, No. COA25-1029 (N.C. Ct. App. July 1, 2026) — decided this month. It was raining the day I…