Articles

Live-Action Role-Playing — The Challenges of Working With Family Members

Written By Will Oden

Leaders of closely held businesses got an opportunity to view a family-owned enterprise as an outsider would, instead of their usual position inside a company. Ward and Smith's 2019 Closely Held Business Summit featured a…

Is it Time to Re-Write Your Attorney's Fees Provision?

Written By Lance P. Martin

Bankruptcy court is not the first place that comes to mind when a lender thinks about full recovery on a loan.  Usually, debtors file bankruptcy because they can't pay all their creditors in the ordinary course of bu…

The Effect of Immigration Status on Personal Injury Claims in North Carolina

Written By Jeremy M. Wilson

Sadly, accidents happen, and individuals are injured across our state in all sorts of different ways.  When the victim is a recent immigrant to the United States, they sometimes have questions about how immigration s…

The Longest Dance – The WOTUS Two-Step

Written By Amy P. Wang

We are on the eve of a new regulatory definition of "waters of the United States" for the Clean Water Act.  The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") completed st…

Reminder to North Carolina Employers: Take Time to Thoughtfully Craft Your Restrictive Covenants!

A recent decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals serves as an important reminder to avoid the temptation to overreach when seeking to protect your customer relationships. Restrictive covenants prohibiting competit…

How to Write an Effective SBA Litigation Plan

Written By Lance P. Martin

When an SBA loan goes into default, the SBA requires a lender to commence litigation when the lender concludes that (1) defensive action is necessary to protect the collateral or ability to collect from the obligor or (2) …