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Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Is Your Business Ready to Tackle Important Legal Issues Raised by a Shelter-in-Place Order?

Written By James W. Norment

These are challenging times.  Businesses, nonprofits, and public entities are changing their operations more rapidly than many ever thought possible.  And certainly battling an unseen and so far unpredictable vi…

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SPECIAL ALERT: Governor Roy Cooper Shutters More Businesses and Extends K-12 Public School Closure

Written By William S. Durr

On March 23, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 120 ("Order"). The Order extends the in-person closure of the public K-12 schools in North Carolina until May 15.  The Order further limits mass gatherings &nda…

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Understanding the New "Fast-Pass" Small Business Bankruptcy Process

Written By Lance P. Martin

With COVID-19 and the attempts to contain it causing cataclysmic business interruption, many small businesses may find themselves on the brink of insolvency.  While we hope that lenders, landlords, suppliers, and fed…

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Contagion II: MORE Practical Advice for NC Employers Wrestling with COVID-19

Written By Grant B. Osborne

We wrote just four days ago that the world seems to have shifted beneath our feet – to have become alien and dangerous. That, in recent days, hasn’t become less true. For employers, it has also become far more…

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The ABC Laws, They Are a Changing

Written By Hayley R. Wells

With the law seemingly changing hour to hour, we thought it might be helpful to update our Alcohol Beverage Clients on the week's COVID-19 developments that directly impact your day to day operations, employees, and financ…

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"Hold On, Help Is on the Way:" U.S. Senate Passes Second COVID-19 Relief Bill

Written By Emily G. Massey, Will Oden, and Devon D. Williams

On March 18, 2020, the United States Senate passed a second round of relief legislation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, this time to provide relief to American employers.  The measure passed with 90 senators vo…

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