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NCGA 2018 Wrap Up: Abbreviated Short Session Produces Fewer Bills but More Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Written By Whitney Campbell Christensen

July 20, 2018

The 2018 Short Session of the North Carolina General Assembly adjourned in late June and can boast something that many Short Sessions cannot: that it was genuinely short. What else made it memorable? An unusua…

Family Affair: Potential Problems with Family-Owned Businesses

Written By Merrill G. Jones, II and Zachary F. Lamb

July 18, 2018

Some of the most heartbreaking situations we see in our closely-held business and estate practices are families torn apart over differences in dealing with family-owned businesses. When there are problems with famil…

Adventurer Beware! The Scope and Enforceability of Liability Waivers in North Carolina

Written By Caroline B. McLean and Hayley R. Wells

July 13, 2018

Summer is upon us. The great outdoors beckons. There are trails to hike and rivers to paddle. Summer travel is in full swing and summer camps have opened their gates. If you are fortunate enough to…

Employment Law Symposium: Preventing and Dealing with Workplace Harassment

Written By William A. Oden, III

July 11, 2018

This is the second in a series of articles summarizing key topics addressed at the Ward and Smith, P.A. 2018 Employment Law Symposium held in Wilmington, North Carolina. Sexual harassment i…

In Chapter 7, Oral Lies Are Safer Than Written Lies

Written By Lance P. Martin

July 6, 2018

In my last article, I discussed how the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a Chapter 7 debtor’s discharge because the debtor intentionally lowballed the value of his interest in a real estate inve…

California Passes Strictest Data Privacy Law in the Nation—Even Businesses Outside of California Could be Affected

Written By Angela P. Doughty, CIPP-US and Caroline O. Outten, CIPP-US

July 5, 2018

California has now enacted the strictest data privacy law in the nation. The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018 ("California Privacy Act"), which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020, seeks to give consume…

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