by Peter D Isakoff | May 9, 2014 | Blog, Intellectual Property, Trademark
By Peter D. Isakoff, Associate Attorney, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC On November 21, 2011, the Australian Parliament passed the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011, requiring tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging without any trademarked logos. Australia’s... by Jonathan Wall | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog, North Carolina Employment Law, North Carolina Litigation News
By Jon Wall, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently affirmed a long line of North Carolina cases refusing to enforce overly broad noncompetition agreements. Noncompetition agreements, also called “noncompete clauses” and... by Stephen E Robertson | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog, North Carolina Family Law
By: Stephen Robertson, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC The common wisdom among trial lawyers is that judges will try their best to get it right. Our best judges are keen legal scholars, ethically and morally upright, and with solid judicial temperament. But, even if... by John F Bloss | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog, North Carolina Litigation News
By John Bloss, Member, Higgins Benjamin PLLC Trust your fellow LLC member at your peril, a new North Carolina Business Court opinion instructs. Glenn Crossing, LLC, one of the defendants in Island Beyond, LLC v. Prime Capital Group, LLC, 2013 NCBC 51 (Oct. 30,... by John F Bloss | Nov 25, 2013 | Blog, Intellectual Property, North Carolina Litigation News, Trademark
By: John Bloss, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC The North Carolina Business Court continues to be a battleground for disputes involving alleged misappropriations of trade secrets. These lawsuits typically target disloyal former employees, but in a recent opinion, the... by John F Bloss | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog, North Carolina Litigation News
It may seem counterintuitive, but many non-profit hospitals around the country charge their uninsured patients substantially more–often several times as much–for emergency room services as compared to amounts paid by all other categories of patients,...