Hats, Bracketology and PSAP
The Dispute Resolution Section CLE and Annual Meeting, held in the midst of March Madness, was a big success. Donna Savage and her team put together an…
Items of Interest: Gigi Hadid Suit, Fiji Water Girl, ESports Issues
Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section found the following recent third-party articles to be of potential interest to the Section: Gigi Hadid…
Checking In: April 3, 2019
Alex Pearce, a privacy attorney formerly with SAS Institute, has joined Wyrick Robbins as a member of the firm’s privacy and data security team. Pearce’s…
Consider Texting with Clients
Many attorneys react to the thought of texting with clients with a solid “no way!” However, attorneys are feeling the pressure to text with clients since…
Elder & Special Needs Law Section: Chair’s Comments
We had a successful Elder & Special Needs Law Symposium in Pinehurst in February. Thank you to the CLE committee who put the program together (Kara…
Pay ’Em Like Beckham: US Soccer Lawsuit Pushes Gender Discrimination in Athletics to the Forefront
Gender discrimination in international team sports has long been a fraught issue, and US soccer is no exception. The US Senior Men’s National Soccer Team…
Testing Well: Holding Drug Testers Accountable for False Positives
North Carolina law imposes stringent requirements on employee drug testing. But courts have long held that employers who fire employees on the basis of false…
Paralegals In the Trademark Industry
In my experience, trademark paralegals take up a larger proportion of the head count, draft a greater percentage of substantive work product, and tend to have…
The State of US Immigration Law From I to V (ICE to Visas)
The state of US immigration law is in the throes of tremendous change, under unprecedented stresses as an old system struggles to deal with today’s…
The Value of Membership: Why Should You Join the Family Law Section of the NCBA?
I have been a member of the NCBA Family Law Section for nearly 22 years. If you asked me why I joined back in 1997, I probably would have said, “because…