Nuisance lawsuits against pork producers Murphy-Brown and Smithfield Foods have received extensive publicity in the past two years. In those cases, individuals that live near hog farms owned by Murphy-Brown and Smithfield allege that the hog farms—namely, the odors, dust, noise, and other things that go along with hog-farm operations—are […]
It has been some time since we have written about the attorneys’ fee provision in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-16.1(1). Back in 2015, we wrote about that section’s requirement for a fee award of “an unwarranted refusal” by the party charged with the violation “to fully resolve the matter.” Attorney […]
A company is faced with the prospect of a multi-million-dollar judgment. In response, the company’s president starts a new company, transfers the business and assets, and leaves the first company insolvent. Once the judgment is entered, the creditor seeks to enforce the judgment against the new company by piercing the […]
I didn’t anticipate how many friends and family members would tap me for free advice when I became a lawyer. Sometimes, my J.D. seems to hang over me like the sign at Lucy’s psychiatry booth from Peanuts. You might have had the same experience. Remarkably, I get asked one question […]
