If you are a business owner, then you probably know that partnerships can be very useful. However, they can also be fraught with tension and disputes. When things go wrong, it is important to have a plan in place for how to resolve business partner disputes. Business...
Business And Commercial Litigation
Avoiding business disputes
Most North Carolina businesses experience disputes in the course of running their operations, and they can range from minor problems with customers to moderate or even major issues with other business clients and vendors. These can sometimes be eliminated with a...
Firm Obtains $100,000 Lien Judgment
The experienced construction litigators at Richard L. Robertson and Associates, P.A. continue to achieve excellent results for their materials suppliers and subcontractor clients. A client of the Firm brought an action against several defendants relating to a multimillion dollar data center upgrade at the IBM campus in Research Triangle Park. Lee Robertson, an attorney in the Firm’s construction litigation group…
Bo Caudill Successfully Negotiates Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Preference Claims
Furniture Brands International, Inc., once one of the world’s largest furniture manufacturers (and owner of North Carolina brands like Thomasville Furniture, Broyhill and Hickory Chair), filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in September, 2013. As a part of the bankruptcy process, the US Bankruptcy Court appoints a trustee to oversee the operations or wind-down of the bankrupt company. The trustee has…
Do Your Non-Competition Agreements Prevent Competition?
By all accounts, North Carolina has largely emerged from the Great Recession. In fact, according to the NC Department of Commerce, as of February, 2015, North Carolina’s unemployment rate had dropped to 5.3%–one of the lowest rates since the Great Recession began in 2008. As hiring improves, however, many clients are increasingly concerned with protecting their investment in their businesses,…
North Carolina Lien Agents
This website has previously discussed changes to certain parts of North Carolina’s lien statute which went into effect on April 1, 2013. This article explores in greater detail the Lien Agent requirement and provides general guidance on how to properly notify the lien agent of a potential lien claim. Every situation is different, however, so we encourage you to contact…
North Carolina’s New Lien Law
On April 1, 2013, new legislation enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly took effect which made substantial changes to North Carolina’s previous lien law statutes. Under the new lien law, our business clients must make significant changes to their previous practices to preserve and protect their rights to liens on jobs as suppliers of materials of as subcontractors providing…