Sydell v. LifeMed USA, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 003-021-17, 8 pp.) (L. Patrick Auld, USMJ) 1:16-cv-01143; M.D.N.C. Holding: Where defense counsel has been discharged, the court balances the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct, federal law, and this court’s local ...
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Read More »Islet Sciences, Inc. v. Brighthaven Ventures, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-082-17, 11 pp.) (Gregory McGuire, J.) 2017 NCBC 76 Holding: Even if plaintiff were not obligated by contract and by Nevada law to advance defense costs for its defendant-officers in ...
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Read More »Khashman v. Khashman (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-142-17, 20 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Hugh Lewis, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiffs’ allegations in support of their unfair trade practices and civil conspiracy claims against the ...
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Read More »Holbert v. Blanchard (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-139-17, 11 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County Superior Court (Richard Doughton, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The plaintiff-client complains that, despite the existence of a prenuptial agreement, the defendant-lawyers convinced him ...
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Read More »Emerald Place Development Properties, LLC v. Horne (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-123-17, 11 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Pitt County Superior Court (Richard Doughton, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiff claimed that the defendant-attorney and the defendant-law firm committed ...
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Read More »Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman v. Brewer (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-230-17, 29 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Cumberland County Superior Court (John Jolly Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: At no point during the two years between the ...
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Read More »Hogue v. Brown & Patten, PA (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-112-17, 11 pp.) (John Tyson, J.) Appealed from Haywood County Superior Court (Bradley Letts, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiff hired defendants to represent her in a domestic matter, and defendants ...
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Read More »Morris v. Scenera Research, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-054-17, 47 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) 2017 NCBC 47 Holding: Although there has been no North Carolina appellate court ruling on whether the attorneys’ fee provisions of the Wage and Hour Act ...
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Read More »Falls v. Goldman Sachs Trust Co., N.A. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-022-17, 24 pp.) (Louise Flanagan, J.) 5:16-cv-00740; E.D.N.C. Holding: After the decedent executed a will and trust drafted by attorney John Hine, the decedent executed another will drafted by a ...
Tagged with: Trusts and Estates
Read More »Jones v. Department of Public Safety (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-070-17, 7 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Johnston County Superior Court (Mary Ann Tally, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The State Personnel Commission relied upon several cases to conclude ...
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