In a noteworthy year for patent law, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued several decisions that will shape the patent landscape and the Federal Rules of Evidence governing...more
Under the Biden administration, administrative agencies have taken aggressive action attempting to banish non-competes and similar agreements from the workplace. On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...more
On Monday, July 11, 2022, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he would end North Carolina’s State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on August 15, 2022, nearly two and one-half years after first declaring it....more
The North Carolina General Assembly voted yesterday, June 23, 2020, in overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion to expand the immunity protections that it created last month in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. House Bill 118 (HB...more
It is important to consider how the coronavirus (COVID-19) may affect your business relationships. Every situation and contract will be different, requiring its own assessment and consideration of risks and how to respond....more