North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jun 2, 2026

SEC, Elon Musk defend ‘compromise’ settlement over Twitter purchases

Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defended their settlement over his purchase of Twitter shares, saying it reflected compromises and was not tainted by collusion, after the […]

Apr 1, 2025

The accountability complex: Why Musk’s email gets it wrong

By Jaime Raul Zepeda In late February, a directive from Elon Musk ricocheted through corporate America: “Email me the five things you did this week by Friday EOD.” The memo, […]

Feb 24, 2025

Avoid having assumptions become convictions

By Jay Sullivan As lawyers, we are taught to be discerning, to be thoughtful and to apply critical thinking as we process complex and sometimes conflicting information. As humans, we […]

Dec 23, 2024

Appeals Court remands for corrected distribution calculation

An equitable distribution order should be reversed where the trial court ordered the distribution of the husband’s sole and separate property and incorrectly calculated the sum for distribution, the North […]

Oct 25, 2024

Steps help prevent transactional legal malpractice claims

By Steven Schwartz and Brian Sableman Transactional legal work can result in legal malpractice claims when a lawyer fails to memorialize the client’s intent in a written document, whether it […]

Oct 9, 2024

When retirement is a taboo subject, succession planning is doomed

By David E. Wood All law firms must replace retiring partners and the revenue they produce if they are to prosper. If a firm cannot do this, top-line revenue will […]

Sep 23, 2024

Email marketing boosts demand generation

By Guy Alvarez For law firms looking to supercharge their demand-generation efforts, email marketing remains a powerful tool in the digital arsenal. Whether built around an informative newsletter or legal […]

Dec 4, 2019

Why more and more states are enacting DAPT laws

By Alexander A. Bove Jr. and Melissa Langa No one wants to be sued, and everyone would feel better if they knew their assets would be protected if they were […]

May 20, 2016

Landmark or mirage

Russell A. Willis III, J.D., LL.M. The author questions the viability of the 2010 decision of the North Carolina appeals court in Brown Bros. Harriman Trust Co. v. Benson as […]

May 6, 2015

Taxation — Trusts & Estates – Constitutional – Due Process & Commerce Clauses – N.C. Beneficiaries

Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. North Carolina Department of Revenue (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0411, 23 pp.) (Gregory McGuire, J.) 2015 NCBC 36 Holding: The collection of income taxes […]

Dec 18, 2014

Bankruptcy — IRS Can Keep ‘Trust’ Payroll Taxes

In re: FirstPay Inc. (Wolff v. United States) (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-1183, 25 pp.) (Davis, J.) No. 13-2116, Dec. 12, 2014; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Messitte, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Oct 16, 2012

Attorneys – Tort/Negligence – Legal Malpractice Claim – Civil Practice – Statute of Limitations – Taxation

Bass v. Hoskins Plaintiffs contend the defendant-attorney should have discovered trustees’ wrongdoing when the attorney reviewed and revised trust documents for plaintiffs’ decedent in 2006.