Lee Markel, 88, was known to be a devout fan and lifelong season ticket owner of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, even though he later moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. According to his son Mark, Lee never lost hope of his
How can a Business Provide a Description of What it is Selling While Having a Unique Brand?
“There’s been a dust up in town,” my mother told me on my last trip home. A local restaurant had started getting calls for reservations and customers wandering in looking for their newly formed competition. The customers were confused, as
Appellate Social & CLE–Sept. 27 and 28
It’s fall, and you know what that means. Football! Oops, I mean, The Annual NCBA Appellate Section CLE!
There are lots of ways to get plugged in to the appellate community this week:
Appellate Social. Bench and bar alike are
Appellate Candidates Forum–August 16 in Raleigh
Most election years, the candidates for open seats on the Supreme Court of North Carolina and Court of Appeals participate in a lively forum at the Bar Association’s annual meeting. It didn’t happen this year, in part because the filing period
Religious Pregnancy Counseling Organization Barely Survives Summary Judgment on Religious Land Use Claim
Although this blog often focuses on the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause, we occasionally wander into the First Amendment cases involving religious exercise as well. A Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center v. City of Raleigh, emerged from Raleigh’s determination
Denial of Conservation Easement Deduction: Right Result, Puzzling Analysis
Earlier this month, the U.S. Tax Court handed down an oddly reasoned memo opinion rejecting a North Carolina developer’s conservation easement deduction in Wendell Falls Development, LLC v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2018-45 (April 4, 2018).
Practitioners in this field
NC Appellate Courts Launch Appellate Pro Bono Program
Big news: Both the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have voted to approve an appellate pro bono program that has been in the works for many months. The initial training session for volunteers will be held April
Using Standards of Review to Prevail on Appeal
SML Appellate Practice Group members Andrea Cataland (Atlanta) and Kip Nelson (Raleigh/Greensboro), recently had an informative article featured in the latest issue of DRI’s For the Defense. Andrea and Kip discuss the standards of review that must be applied by appellate courts
Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic settles with OCR for $750,000 for lack of business associate agreement
Consistent with the settlement the OCR agreed to with North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota, [view related post] the Office for Civil Rights has settled its investigation of Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. (Raleigh Orthopaedic) for $750,000. The OCR alleged
Partner Sean Sullivan Presents at the North Carolina Chamber’s 2016 Environmental Compliance Conference
Sean Sullivan, an Environmental and Natural Resources Partner in Raleigh, NC, was part of the presenting faculty for the 2016 North Carolina Chamber’s 2016 Environmental Compliance Conference in Durham, NC on January 28th, 2016. Sean discussed Environmental Health and Safety Programs, including