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Who Am I? EEOC Recognizes Gender Identity Discrimination

Written By Will Oden

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling in April 2012 determined that employers found to be discriminating against an employee or applicant because of that person's gender identity are violating Title VII of the …

SPECIAL BULLETIN: North Carolina's New Mechanic's Lien Law - The Ground Has Shifted

Written By Jason T. Strickland

On July 12, 2012, North Carolina Session Laws 2012-158 and 2012-175 became law.  These laws significantly change North Carolina's mechanic's lien and public project bond statutes.  In order to continue to receive…

Sole Shareholders: Is One Greater Than Two?

Background; "It’s alive!  It's alive!"  The Corporation as a Separate Being Under North Carolina and federal law (as well as the law of virtually all, if not all, states), a corporation is a legal entity s…

What Employers Need To Know About the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld nearly every provision of the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Health Care Act"), including the individual mandate requiring almost all Ame…

Having Trouble Raising Capital? The Jumpstart Our Business Startups ("JOBS") Act May Help

Written By E. Knox Proctor V

Having Trouble Raising Capital? You know you're not the only one with a problem when Congress and the President agree there is a problem and agree on the solution. The Jumpstart our Business Startups ("JOBS") Act, signed…

Technology's Increasing Impact On The Practice Of Family Law

Written By William S. Durr

It has been more than 20 years ago, but I distinctly remember meeting with a new family law client to discuss her recent discovery of a cache of photographic negatives depicting her photographer husband with another female…