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This article is the third installment in our four-part Trade Secrets at Risk: A Business Owner’s Guide series. Read Part One and Part Two.…

A successful appeal often begins long before a notice of appeal is filed. It begins in the trial court, with a record that clearly…

Brad Evans and Devon Williams, Ward and Smith’s Co-Managing Directors, have been named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly‘s 2026 Managing Partners to Watch. Under…

For decades, electricity has dominated America’s utility-bill politics. Power prices rise, regulators hold hearings, utilities defend grid investments, and attorneys general and governors hear…

Ward and Smith attorney Mary Catherine Baker has been appointed to the Wake Forest University School of Law Rose Council for a three-year term.…

The Justice Department is seeking to revive dismissed charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The case…

Knowing what to ask a lawyer for has become almost as important as knowing what to ask a lawyer about. There was a time,…