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Noncompetition Agreements: New Case Highlights Need for Legislative Solution

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...

Business Court Dismisses LLC Member vs. Member Claims; Derivative Claim Against Managing Member Survives

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,...

Trade Secrets Misappropriation Claims Against Non-Employees Survive Motion to Dismiss

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...

Lawsuit Challenging Mission Hospital’s Billing Practices for Uninsured Emergency Room Patients Allowed to Proceed

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,...

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