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 […]
Kurtis R. Dumaw Ellis & Winters LLP recently served as lead counsel to Opus Inspection, Inc. and its parent company, Opus Group AB (publ), in connection with the acquisition of Envirotest Systems Holding Corp. The acquisition was valued at approximately $90 Million and closed on February 28, 2014. The acquisition includes approximately sixty […]
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 […]