If you strike a deal, make sure to get it in writing. It’s axiomatic advice that any lawyer will say is one of the best ways to avoid litigation if the deal goes south. But as one Orange County attorney ...

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Meridian Investments Inc. v. Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-094-17, 15 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 16-1384, April 28, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Cacheris, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An investment company could not sue Freddie Mac and ...

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Providence Volunteer Fire Department v. Town of Weddington (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-118-17, 24 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Union County Superior Court (W. David Lee, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Where the defendant-town has not challenged plaintiff’s allegation that “[t]he ...

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Recurrent Energy Development Holdings, LLC v. SunEnergy1, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-029-17, 38 pp.) (Michael Robinson, J.) 2017 NCBC 18 Holding: Although N.C. R. Civ. P. 13(f) says a counterclaim may be added “by leave of court,” N.C. R. Civ. ...

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Crabtree v. Smith (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-064-17, 14 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Orlando Hudson Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Plaintiffs assert that the defendant-bank violated G.S. § 75-54(4) by making false representations ...

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WFC Management Corp. v. New Hanover County Airport Authority (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-005-17, 15 pp.) (Terrence Boyle, J.) 7:16-cv-00086; E.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiffs’ purchase of the assets of another company does not give plaintiffs standing to sue for defendants’ allegedly discriminatory ...

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Cherry Community Organization v. StoneHunt, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-021-17, 23 pp.) (Wanda Bryant, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Hugh Lewis, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although it was 2004 when defendant agreed to build affordable housing in ...

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Bitcoin, introduced in 2008 as the world’s first decentralized digital currency, was envisioned as a direct assault on government-issued fiat currencies. So far, it has spent its still-young life as something much more akin to PayPal, but for drugs, contraband, ...

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Curtis v. Café Enterprises, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-020-16, 24 pp.) (Richard Voorhees, J.) 5:15-cv-00032; W.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff argues that the mutual termination agreement in the parties’ employment contract lacked consideration. Defendant gave plaintiff a choice between immediate termination for ...

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Abbington SPE, LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-030-16, 16 pp.) (James Dever III, C.J.) 7:16-cv-00249; E.D.N.C. Holding: Although the parties’ forum selection clause said an action “may be brought in any state or federal court of competent ...

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