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Can A Limited Liability Company Really Offer Equity Compensation Awards To Its Valued Employees?

You are always looking for creative ways to retain your top employees.  One option is to offer valued employees equity in your business.  However, not all types of equity incentives are created equally or are ava…

SCOTUS Action Clears the Path for Same-Sex Marriage — North Carolina Couples Should Prepare Now

This week the Supreme Court of the United States denied review of seven petitions from five different states in which state bans on same-sex marriage were invalidated.  One of those appeals arose from the United State…

Making The Hunter The Hunted: North Carolina Gives Business Owners New Tools To Combat "Patent Trolls"

Written By Allen N. Trask, III

Litigation in federal courts under federal law is a primary weapon in the battle to protect patents from infringement.  However, because of alleged abuse, certain states, including North Carolina, have taken it upon t…

2014 Update On The JOBS Act - Beware: Some Assembly Required

Written By E. Knox Proctor V

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act ("JOBS Act" or "Act") was a bipartisan effort in Congress to unleash the power of 21st Century communications methods and systems into the capital-raising process; to make it less bu…

Contributory Negligence In North Carolina - Time For A Change?

Written By William S. Durr

Recent Tort Reform With the passage of House Bill 542 as Session Law 2011-283 ("House Bill 542") and Senate Bill 33 as Session Law 2011-400 ("Senate Bill 33") in 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly substantially alt…