Along with my colleagues, Dana Hoffman and Brian Beverly, I attended the North Carolina Chamber’s Transportation and Infrastructure Summit recently held in Durham, NC and sponsored by Young Moore. The Summit brought together North Carolina… Read More
The US House of Representatives just passed the “Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017” allowing employees to take paid time off – “comp time” – rather than overtime pay. The Act amends the Fair Labor… Read More
(Coauthored by Matthew J. Gray and David W. Earley) In recent years, assignment of benefits abuse has wreaked havoc on Florida’s property insurance industry. According to a recent report by the Florida Justice Reform Institute, over… Read More
North Carolina law provides certain statutory protections to the surviving spouse of a decedent. Unless waived in a written agreement as provided by statute, a surviving spouse has the right to a Year’s Allowance (currently… Read More
Generally, under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury is compensable if the injured worker can show: (1) an injury by accident, (2) in the course of employment, and (3) the injury arose out… Read More
A longstanding rule developed by the North Carolina courts generally prohibits a non-attorney from representing a corporation or other business entity in the courts. In the leading case on this issue, Lexis-Nexis, Division of… Read More
A beneficiary named under a decedent’s will or a beneficiary under the laws of intestate succession may have the ability to challenge a subsequent will or codicil (i.e., will amendment) executed by the decedent if… Read More
Employees injured on the job may be owed compensation under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act. While workers’ compensation is a “no-fault” system, there are some exceptions. For example, in North Carolina, in general, if… Read More
An agent acting under a power of attorney, also known as an “attorney-in-fact,” is a fiduciary. A fiduciary owes the highest standard of care and loyalty to the principal. As a fiduciary, the agent usually… Read More
A recently released report commissioned by the Department of Transportation, identifies an $836 billion backlog of unmet capital investment needs for the nation’s highways and bridges. The 2015 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and… Read More
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