N.C. Court of Appeals
Enduring Tedium: The Future of Fights Over Electronically Stored Information
By Sean F. Herrmann “Seeking justice often involves enduring tedium.” It’s fitting that North Carolina’s first substantive legal decision on…
COA Penalizes Insurer for Poor Writing in Policy Exclusion
Bad grammar can lead to an adverse coverage decision – that’s the lesson one insurer (and its insured) learned the hard way when the NC Court of Appeals…
Domestic Violence Issues Committee Considering Revisions To GS 50B-3(b)
and Melissa Averett The Domestic Violence Issues Committee of the Family Law Section is currently considering revisions to GS 50B-3(b), inspired by a 2014…
NC Loan Broker Act Remains an Important Lending Statute and Litigation Tool
The North Carolina Loan Broker Act was enacted in 1979 “to protect the public from unscrupulous loan brokering practices.” Brief of Amicus Curiae Roy…
Are Public Payment Bond Rights Assignable Under NC Law? Maybe.
Contractors, like other businesses, often find it advantageous to assign their accounts in exchange for some other form of consideration from the assignee. …
Navigating Trial Decisions Through an Appellate Framework
Trial lawyers have a hard job, and it’s easy for appellate lawyers reviewing a cold record to find fault in the decisions made by their predecessors. As…
NC COA Case Summary: Shell v. Shell
A custody order was entered in 2012. Plaintiffs are the paternal grandparents. Defendant is the father of the children, and Nicole is the mother. In 2012,…
Welcome To the Family Law Blog For 2018-19
This year, your Family Law Section Communications Committee Chairs intend to put some structure into blog posting to show the rest of the NCBA that the Family…
Sunday Best: Catch Up On the Week’s Top NCBarBlog Posts
Here’s what NCBarBlog readers found most interesting on our pages this week: Court of Appeals Allows Section 75-1.1 Claim in Context of Residential Real…
Court of Appeals Allows Section 75-1.1 Claim in Context of Residential Real Estate Transaction
Courts have generally excluded residential real estate transactions from North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice statute, section 75-1.1. A…