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Avoid a Benchslap: Four Writing Tips You Ignore At Your Peril
By Abigail Perdue Above the Law’s founder, David Lat, has been credited with coining the term “benchslap” in 2004.[1] It generally refers to a…
Call It What You Want, This Blog Thing Is Catching On
Welcome to your new NCBarBlog, NCBA members and guests. I hope you like the changes we’ve made because we made them with you in mind. With a new look and…
Checking In: July 23, 2018
Pardis Camarda has joined Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP as an associate based in its Wilmington office. Pardis will join the firm’s Admiralty &…
Annual Meeting ’18 Draws a Near-Record Crowd
It feels like just yesterday that the sun set across the Cape Fear River on the last night of the 2018 Annual Meeting in Wilmington. For decades, the…
Checking In: New Feature Keeps You Up To Date On Career Moves and Changes
Checking In: Career Moves and Changes is the newest regular feature on NCBarBlog.com. We’ll update you here on hirings and promotions at North Carolina…
Privacy and Data Security Law: Kind of a Big Deal
One of the hottest areas in the law is privacy and data security. Both the NCBA and our colleagues at the North Carolina State Bar have noticed. In this…
Add Your Two Cents: The Ethics Of Serving Clients Who Use Coins and Digital Assets
An ethics inquiry regarding Digital Assets and Blockchain Businesses is currently being circulated for comment. Click here to read the inquiry: Coins and…
Sustainers Give More Because They Understand the NCBA’s True Value
Each year, the NCBA recognizes Sustainers, members who voluntarily pay twice the amount of their requisite membership dues. These funds support the NCBA’s…
White House ‘Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices’: Large Aspirations, Little Detail
and Erin Atkins This article first appeared on the Arent Fox LLP Health Care Counsel blog. Following delays and much build up, the White House and the…
Student Composer Pens an Ode to NCBA’s Law Day
When the 60th anniversary of Law Day was observed last month, Travis Ramsey took it upon himself to do something special. Ramsey is not a member of the Young…