Top 10 Things You Don’t Know About Adobe Acrobat
Even though anyone can create a PDF file now with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat remains one of the most popular programs in the office today. While many…
Quicksands and Cutting Edges Of the Law: Do Municipal Utility Customers Possess Due Process and Vested Rights To Continued Sewerage Service?
Note from Jon Mize, NCBA Government & Public Sector Section blog editor: Below please find an article from John C. Cooke examining the implications of a…
Who Needs Halloween? Sexual Harassment and Election Season
I come to you this beautiful October day with three scary topics you should likely avoid at any dinner party. However, as an employment lawyer and breast…
Start Your Engines: Welcome To the NCBA Sports & Entertainment Law Section Blog
and Neil Magnuson The Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the NC Bar Association is pleased to announce that, in lieu of continuing to issue a…
The Chair’s Comments: Sports & Entertainment Law’s Game Plan For the Year
With over 150 member attorneys in industries spanning the sports and entertainment worlds including those that serve as in house and outside counsel for all…
Eighth Circuit: Heavy-Set Truck Drivers Can Be Forced To Undergo Sleep Exam
A recent Eighth Circuit opinion found that a trucking company could force heavy-set truck drivers to submit to a sleep apnea exam as a “business…
Disaster Unemployment Assistance Available For 23 Counties In North Carolina
In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, 23 North Carolina counties have been approved to receive federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Gov. Pat McCrory has…
The Chair’s Comments: Make the Year Even Better By Getting Involved
Fellow Tax Section Members: As I write this, the inaugural post for our section’s blog, much of eastern North Carolina is beginning the long process of…
New Law Requires Section 501(c)(4) Organizations To Register With the IRS
Late last year, Congress enacted Section 506, which requires any organization seeking to operate as a tax-exempt social welfare organization pursuant to…
How To Overcome ‘Special Purpose’ Property Classification in Ad Valorem Valuation: In re Appeal of Corning Inc.
and Reed J. Hollander North Carolina Property Tax Commission Case No. 13 PTC 822 (March 20, 2015) North Carolina Court of Appeals 786 S.E.2d 816 (N.C.App.…