Protecting The Interests Of Businesses In North Carolina
Our firm helps entrepreneurs realize their vision. A 2009 Wall Street Journal article by Kelly K. Spors entitled “So, You Want to Be an Entrepreneur” addresses some of the challenges entrepreneurs face and the personality traits of proven entrepreneurs that help push emerging businesses through the fray. Are you willing and able to bear great financial risk? Are you willing…
Robertson & Associates is helping clients plan in the digital age. In a February, 2017, article in North Carolina Bar Association Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Section newsletter entitled “New North Carolina Law Allows Fiduciaries Access to Digital Assets (But Only If…),” author Jean Gordon Carter addresses a quandary faced by users of social media and curators of online assets: what happens to…
Take a moment to get to know Blaydes Moore. Blaydes is a 2013 graduate of Clemson University and graduated from Wake Forest School of Law in 2016. Why did you become a lawyer? BM: I became a lawyer because I believed that I could make the best use of my skills and talents by learning how to help business people…
For Immediate Release: July 10, 2017 The firm is pleased to announce that it successfully defended Co-Trustees of an Irrevocable Trust against claims by future beneficiaries for damages arising out of the conveyance by the Trustees of two tracts of real estate. The case involved allegations of breach of fiduciary obligations by the Trustee of a Trust which assets consists…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Charlotte Based Atom Power Lands SIEMENS Funding Last week, Robertson and Associates and its associate, Wesley Howell, announced that it successfully represented Charlotte-based Atom Power in an investment deal with Siemens Venture Capital, a division of Siemens AG. In a ceremony at UNCC’s PORTAL Building, Atom Power announced its company received funding from Siemens, known worldwide to…
Open as of 3/1/17 Robertson & Associates is currently seeking an associate with 2 to 5 years of experience to practice in the firm’s creditor rights and commercial litigation service offerings. Applicant must have solid academic performance and strong work ethic. The firm offers a competitive salary and good work/life balance. Excellent benefits including medical and dental plans with employer contributions…
It is that time of year again; businesses are end-of-year planning for taxes, finances, and budgets. In the flurry of tying up loose ends for the previous year and planning ahead for the next, one important item generally gets overlooked by business both large and small: Corporate Annual Minutes. Preparation of a company’s corporate minutes should be an annual ritual…
Large Employers Should Prepare for Increased Transparency in Pay Practices as the EEOC Looks to Expand Pay Data Collection On January 29, 2016, in an effort to combat pay discrimination in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed a rule that would require businesses with 100 or more workers to include additional data on a revised version of…
Conscientious Drafting of Employment Agreements Remains Imperative as North Carolina Supreme Court Reaffirms its “Strict Blue-Pencil Doctrine” for Restrictive Covenants North Carolina courts continue to be limited from revising unenforceable covenants not to compete as the North Carolina Supreme Court reaffirms its limited application of the “blue pencil doctrine.” The Court, in rejecting the North Carolina Court of Appeals decision…
Proposed IRS Regulations Will Affect the Valuation of Interests in Corporations and Partnerships for Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfers In an effort to eliminate a long standing technique utilized by business owners to minimize the impact of federal estate taxes on their families, the Obama Administration has proposed eliminating certain valuation discounts. The Administration proposed elimination of family business transfer discounts.…