2025 Pro Bono Awards Recipients Announced
The 2025 Pro Bono Award winners have been selected and will be recognized during the NCBA Annual Meeting on Friday, June 27, 2025, in Asheville. The honorees…
Grief With Somewhere to Go: Honoring Cheslie C. Kryst
If you didn’t know Cheslie Kryst, I wish you had. She was the kind of person you remember long after she leaves the room: sharp, radiant, grounded in…
NC Paralegal Pro Bono Reporting Is Open Until June 30!
Paralegal Pro Bono Reporting is open in NC! Four years ago, the NC Pro Bono Resource Center began recognizing paralegals for their valuable pro bono…
Federal Income Tax Update
I. IRS Cannot Impose Tax on Withdrawals from an IRA It Seized; Hubbard v. Commissioner, 135 AFTR 2d 2025-484 (6th Cir). Mr. Hubbard was a Kentucky pharmacist.…
Executive Order 14275: Legal and Operational Impacts on Federal Contractors
On April 15, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14275, titled Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, initiating a comprehensive…
Adolescence Into Adulthood: Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights CLE (May 30, 2025)
My daughter turned 18 last September, and without any warning, her medical and pharmacy records were not accessible to me on our medical and pharmacy…
Checking In: May 20, 2025
Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Baker Donelson Announces New Elected Shareholder Iain Stauffer, who practices in the firm’s Raleigh office, was elected as a…
Carried Interest Holding Period Under Section 1061
Enacted in 2017, Section 1061 provides a minimum holding period of three years for long-term capital gains for carried interests issued to certain service…
Attend the 24th Annual North Carolina Tax Section Workshop
I hope this message finds you well. As we approach Memorial Day, I want to personally encourage you to attend the 24th Annual North Carolina Tax Section…
An Apology to Myself, Part 2: What Does it Mean to be a Lawyer?
Continuation from Part I What does it mean to be a lawyer? #FirstGenProbs “No one told me. I didn’t know.” “Wait, is that a thing?” “Am I doing it…