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Exercise is an Essential Activity

YLD Division Director and avid runner If you’re like me, you’re probably feeling a lot of things right now. Uncertainty is now the new normal, and lawyers…

U.S. International Education Response and Resilience Webinar Series

The U.S. Commercial Service Global Education Team is offering the “U.S. International Education Response and Resilience Webinar Series” to address the…

Message from the Chair of the NCBA Business Law Section

Dear Members of the Business Law Section: Yesterday (Tuesday, April 7, 2020) the office of the North Carolina Secretary of State advised registered agents of…

MacCord’s List: IP News & Notices From Art MacCord

Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 40 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new…

After-Acquired Evidence Could Limit State Employees’ Relief in Contested Cases

Since the U.S. Supreme Court adopted the after-acquired evidence rule in McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., employers have relied on this doctrine…

Wednesday Wellness Sessions: Transforming the Way Attorneys Treat Themselves, Their Clients and the Law

In the face of a world-wide crisis and unprecedented uncertainty, panic and fear are the true pandemic. And as advisors we are asked to put our own problems…

IRS Response to COVID-19: Installment Agreements, Offers in Compromise, and IRS Collection Actions

The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has changed the world as a global pandemic disrupts the day-to-day business operations of almost every country. The…

What are all those dates again? And another extension from Justice Beasley

I know it is difficult keeping track of all the moving dates and deadlines. For your convenience, here is a chart with all the current extensions. Below the…

NCIC COVID-19 Response Updates

On April 2, 2020, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued an Order that, among other things, directed that all superior and district court proceedings be scheduled…

Important NC Supreme Court Cases Affecting Administrative Law Today

Today’s NC Supreme Court opinions included several that may have a direct effect on the direction, interpretation and implementation of administrative law…