Employment Law Review In a highly publicized case which has been in the court system for eight years, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, recently held that Melissa Jennings, a former soccer player at UNC, could continue to trial...(read more)
North Carolina Has Rewritten Its Warpy Law of Unincorporated Associations
Unincorporated associations are groups that may be loosely or tightly organized, but that are not incorporated under applicable laws. They are merely bodies of individuals who are acting together with a common purpose and using some practices of...(read more)
North Carolina’s New Ethics and Lobbying Laws
After two years of work, the General Assembly in 2006 made significant changes to North Carolina’s ethics and lobbying laws (H1843, 2006 N.C. Sess. Laws 201). The changes will impact many businesses, trade associations, attorneys and lobbyists, and...(read more)
Trademark Dilution Law Changes
Intellectual Property Advisor On October 6, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006. This amendment is widely regarded as a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the well-publicized Victoria’s...(read more)
Use of Music in Broadcast Commercials and Promotions
Intellectual Property Advisor While television and radio stations pay music performance licensing fees to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, those licensing fees only permit the broadcast of licensed songs on the station and not the reproduction of those songs...(read more)
The Importance of Trademark Maintenance and Check-Ups
Intellectual Property Advisor Consider whether your business wants to confront these issues: A knock-off website refuses to stop using a brand similar to yours and claims that your company failed to register your trademark, even though you’ve been...(read more)
Executive Compensation - SEC Changes Disclosure Requirements
Last week the SEC voted to adopt changes to executive and director compensation disclosure rules and certain other corporate governance matters.1 While some of the changes are expected to become effective early October2, the majority of the changes...(read more)
New Law on Remotely Created Checks
Remotely created checks, also known as “telechecks,” are typically created when the holder of a checking account authorizes a payee (often a telemarketer or a credit card company) to draw a check on that account—but does not actually sign the check...(read more)