A judge has ruled that LegalZoom’s lawsuit against the N.C. State Bar belongs in the Business Court and the do-it-yourself legal website will not appeal the order, ending months of legal jousting over the proper venue for the closely watched case. Business Court Chief Justice John R. Jolly concluded in a Jan. 9 order that the suit qualifies as a mandatory complex business case because it involves issues of antitrust and anti-competition. The designation “is consistent with the spirit of the Removal Statute and the concept of the North Carolina Business Court,” Jolly wrote.
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