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Dot-Com Hits the Supreme Court

Written By Erica B. E. Rogers

Breaking News! What happened? The United States Supreme Court recently announced that it has granted certiorari in United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., a case about whether the addition of ".co…

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Retirement Plan Contribution Limits Will Increase in 2020

Written By Steven B. Long

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Wednesday, November 6, that several contribution limits in qualified retirement plans will increase next year. The IRS announced the increases as part of an annual adjustment for …

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USDA Establishes National Domestic Hemp Production Program

Written By Tyler J. Russell and Allen N. Trask, III

On October 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") published its Interim Final Rule establishing the nation's Domestic Hemp Production Program, and providing regulations on testing, sampling, and the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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