New ERISA Disability Claims Regulations: Final Words On the Final Rule
and Caitlin H. Walton In the final installment of our three-part series on ERISA’s new disability claim-processing procedures, we will wrap up our…
Blockchain and Potential Impacts to Agriculture and Food Safety
Blockchain, the distributed, immutable, public ledger technology that underlies popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, has the potential to impact all realms…
North Carolina’s Participation in the Volkswagen Settlement
On September 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VW) with a Notice of Violation (NOV) for…
Air, Water and Soil Impacts of GenX: Health Goals, Ongoing Investigations and the Litigation Front
and Edmund Woloszyn The Chemours Company plant in Fayetteville produces a wide variety of films, fibers, and specialty chemicals at a 2,000-acre facility on…
The Chair’s Comments: Here’s To Living In Interesting Environmental Law Times
In the last EENR newsletter, I remarked what an interesting time it is to practice environmental law. Evolving environmental policy, changing regulations, and…
In the Environment of Change: EENR Three-State CLE & Annual Meeting
There’s a new twist to this year’s Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources Law Section Annual Meeting and CLE Program in Asheville, May 11-12. It…
Board-Led Prayer: Reasons to Beware
Legislative prayer[1] is under attack and the challenges appear far from over. Our Fourth Circuit’s Lund v. Rowan County[2] decision, on rehearing en banc,…
When ‘The Mask’ Grows Too Heavy, BarCARES Can Help
Ten years ago I found myself in quite a quandary. My law partner had been appointed to the bench so I was practicing family law and criminal law (his former…
N.C. Supreme Court Rules That Brokers May Testify on the Issue of Fair Market Value
In a recent opinion, the North Carolina Supreme Court expanded the possibilities of allowable testimony about a property’s fair market value. In its…
Business Section Members: Welcome to Your New Blog
This announcement marks a major turning point for the Business Law Section as we transition from our traditional newsletter to our new blog. Jim Beckwith…