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If you feel sure you have been cheated by a business partner, an employee, or a contractor, your first instinct may be to file…

Best Lawyers®, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named three Ward and Smith attorneys as 2017 “Lawyer of the Year.”  Only…

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are…

Many planned communities, townhome communities, and condominiums (collectively, “Associations” since they are nearly universally governed by one) have restrictions that either prohibit or limit…

In the August 5, 2016 edition of the Byte of Prevention Blog, Jay Reeves of Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina writes:…

Recently, a bankruptcy judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued a ruling that should help lenders…

On July 19, 2016, the “You Pick Two®”-famous Panera Bread filed a lawsuit in St. Louis against Papa John’s, claiming that the international pizza…