Current Legal Advisories

Trade Vendors: Are Recent Bankruptcy Code Revisions an Elixir or a Placebo? 
by David M. Schilli

Business Law Developments - February 2008 
by Krista R. Bowen

Business Law Developments - July 2007 
by Krista R. Bowen

Good News and Bad News for Deferred Compensation Plans Subject to IRC Section 409A 
by Richard W. Gibson, Jr.

Final Section 409A Deferred Compensation Regulations 

IRS Extends Plan Amendment Deadline And Transition 

No Vicarious Liability For Employers In Heart Balm Actions 
by Trish J. Hardy

Minimum Wage To Increase, Decrease Again In 2008 
by Charles E. Johnson

Changes to the Law of Donning and Doffing under the Fair Labor Standards Act: IBP v. Alvarez 

Structuring Health Care Joint Ventures to Comply with Federal Fraud & Abuse Statutes 
by Matthew S. Churchill

Importance of Proper Patent Assignment Language 

Confirmation of Test for Willful Infringement 

Federal Patent Court Clarifies Willful Infringement, Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege 

Merchants Face New Credit Card Security Standards 

District Court Applies Supreme Court Decision to Limit Patent Litigation 

Federal Circuit Expands Right to Seek Declaratory Judgment of Patent Invalidity 

Patent Holders’ Leverage Continues to Erode 

Supreme Court Makes it Easier for Licensees to Challenge Patents 
by Robert M. Bryan

Electronic Commerce Law Goes International With New UN Treaty 
by David J. Clark

Regulation of Deemed Exports of Technology 
by David J. Clark

Dealing with the Failing Joint Venture 
by Karen A. Gledhill

Ethical Obligations Arising in Electronic Discovery 
by Katherine Gordon Maynard

Document Retention Policies under the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 
by Lawrence C. Moore, III

Practice Before the North Carolina Business Court 
by Robert W. Fuller

Payout Requirements for Non-Functionally Integrated Type III Supporting Organizations 
by Dianne Chipps Bailey

Navigating the Pension Protection Act: Distributions to Section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organizations 
by Dianne Chipps Bailey

Private Foundation Grant Agreements -- Are Yours Complete? 
by Dianne Chipps Bailey

Charitable Solicitation – Licensing, Disclosures and Acknowledgement 
by Dianne Chipps Bailey

Converging Markets Aid European Investment but Challenges Remain 

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 

Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Pension Protection Act 
by Susan I. McCrory

Reducing Your Taxable Estate Through Lifetime Gifts of the Annual Exclusion Amount 
by Heidi E. Royal