North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A Cabarrus County man has been awarded more than $60,000 in a dispute with his late mother’s boyfriend over a continuing stream of income from the mother’s residual sales commissions.  Elliot Fus of Blanco Tackabery in Winston-Salem reports that his client, Christopher ...

Tagged with: Conversion

By David Baugher  A contentious case over a handwritten will that was found in a gun safe has concluded with a summary judgment upholding the disputed document, the attorneys for the will’s propounders report.  James Rainsford and James Stanford of Coleman, Gledhill, ...

Tagged with: will

  From big-data analytics to artificial intelligence, enterprises must be more creative and diligent than ever before when seeking the best ways to protect their rights in a world where technology IP claims are becoming harder to uphold. “It is ...

Tagged with: Technology

    By DAVID BAUGHER, Dolan Media Newswires   Divorce can mean a protracted, sometimes hostile court fight fraught with uncertainty for both parties. But recent shifts away from the adversarial process in divorce law may mean that the biggest ...

Tagged with: ADR Divorce Domestic Relations Family Law

The last thing you want is to fend off an opponent in court only to find yourself in a feud with your own client over past-due bills for services rendered. But unless you work on contingency or collect a retainer ...

Last year’s historic rise in bankruptcy filings may have resulted in more business for bankruptcy attorneys, but it also has exposed more lawyers and law firms to clients who stiff them on their legal bills. Unpaid legal fees typically are ...