By Neil Bloomfield It is not every day the U.S. Supreme Court pays attention to matters that affect the practice of discovery, but that day came with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Haeger, 137 S.Ct 1178 (April 18, 2017). Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Kagan explained that when a court exercises its inherent […]
By Herman Spence Please provide comments about the issues below to Herman Spence at [email protected]. I will summarize the responses and post them on the Tax Section blog. I will not mention any individual’s response and will not provide the names of responders. North Carolina Stamp Taxes Background. GS § […]
By Kimberly Johnson Legal Research and Writing was my favorite (required) class at Midlands Technical College. This Palmetto State institution is well-known for its paralegal program. That’s one reason why I decided to attend and graduate from it. Plus, I wanted to know how my journalism background would stack up in this particular field of […]
By Chelsea Townsend Editor’s note: The Government & Public Sector Section of the North Carolina Bar Association awards up to three scholarships each year to law students who work as an unpaid interns in a North Carolina government law department. Townsend is a 2L at Elon University School of Law. This summer I had the pleasure of interning […]
Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section found the following, recent third-party articles to be of potential interest to the section: Esplanade Productions, Inc. v. The Walt Disney Company U2 Seeks Dismissal of “The Fly” Infringement Suit Ninth Circuit Purges Anti-SLAPP Motion for Contract Claims Right of Publicity Bill Takes a Dive, for Now […]
By Art MacCord Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please click on the links below for the most recent updates. Revival of Abandoned […]
By Jim Bryan The Insurance Law Section has a new medium for giving you insurance news – a blog. We have moved away from a newsletter format and now embrace the blog format. Welcome. I am the chair of the Insurance Law Section this 2017-18 year. We have an exciting year ahead of us. Let […]
By Bill Lipscomb On Aug. 1, 2017 the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a decision which provides two helpful takeaways for the insurance law practitioner. In Plum Properties, L.L.C. v. N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 N.C. App. LEXIS 607, Plum Properties, L.L.C. (Plum) filed a tort action against two minors and their […]
By Jim Bryan Demonstrating that equitable estoppel can create genuine obstacles for insurers, the court in the Middle District of North Carolina denied a carrier relief to which it would have otherwise been entitled based upon the carrier’s prior conduct. Vytas and Lee Anne Bankaitis sued Defendant Allstate Insurance Company in state court for breach […]
By Paul T. Flick Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process used in lieu of formal procedures, where a neutral mediator attempts to help the parties come to a mutually acceptable agreement. The mediator can facilitate negotiations, review positions, exchange offers, point out the best and worst possible outcomes, etc. It is mostly an informal […]