Jeremy Falcone Jamie Weiss By Jeremy Falcone, Jamie Weiss, and Erin Blondel One of your most important clients just called. She reports that one of her senior salespeople quit a few months ago, and she just learned that the salesperson has joined a large competitor. Panicking, your client wants to know […]
Stephen Feldman By Stephen Feldman and Audrey Groseclose Imagine the following scenario: The trustee of a revocable trust dissipates a substantial amount of trust assets to buy men’s basketball season tickets at the Dean E. Smith Center. The settlor does not follow college basketball. The settlor, moreover, wants to leave a large sum […]
Parens Patriae Actions Are Not Removable Under CAFA: A Unanimous Decision of the United States Supreme Court Has Broad Implications for Businesses By Nora F. Sullivan The United States Supreme Court delivered a unanimous win to state attorneys general earlier this year. In January, the Court held in Mississippi ex rel. Hood […]
Stephen Feldman Chris Jackson By Stephen Feldman and Chris Jackson When drafting contracts, can specificity ever not be a virtue? When a contract leaves material terms open, after all, the contract might be void for indefiniteness. E.g., Boyce v. McMahan, 285 N.C. 730, 734, 208 S.E.2d 692, 695 (1974). This article addresses […]