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North Carolina State and Local Land Use Laws Under Revision to Prepare for the Future: The Charlotte UDO and NCGS §160D

March 2020 ... North Carolina “ha[s] grown 8.5% compared to the nation’s 5.8%” since 2010. “From 2017 ...

Watch Your Language: An Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Claims Must Allow for NLRA Claims Before the NLRB

February 2020 ... ’ access to the NLRB and its processes violate Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA, and it is unlawful for ...

An Agreement to Arbitrate Employment Claims Must Also Allow for Access to Full Remedies Before the NLRB

February 2020 ... ’ access to the NLRB and its processes violate Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA. In the absence of an ...

How Much is that Disclosure Worth? NC Business Court Curbs Attorney Fee Award in Shareholder Disclosure-Only Class Action

August 2018 ... the public policy underlying RPC rule 1.8(e), which governs financial arrangements between lawyers ... litigation costs.  According to RPC 1.8(e), counsel may not completely relieve a ... d] that the violation of RPC 1.8(e) offends the public policy on which ...

Has Cy Pres Gone Too Far: U.S. Supreme Court to Consider When Class Action Plaintiffs Get Nothing, but Their Lawyers and Charities Cash-In Via Plaintiffs’ Settlement

July 2018 ... plaintiffs under the terms of which the company would pay $8.5 million into a fund and revise its Frequently Asked ... Defendant Company Perspective The settlement in Gaos was limited to $8.5 million, which ultimately amounted to an estimated $0.04 ...

CFPB Final Rule Banning Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: The Final Front of Opposition as Congress Moves to Nullify It

August 2017 ... issuance of joint resolutions under the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code). On July 20, 2017 ...

Broadening Split on Viability of Class Waivers in Employment Arbitration Agreements Invites SCOTUS

October 10, 2016 ... interference with those rights and therefore a violation of § 8 of the NLRA. The NLRA is “unambiguous” on ...

N.C. Court Warns Plaintiffs that Voluntary Dismissal of an Invalid Complaint Won't Toll the Statute of Limitations

July 16, 2015 ... appellate courts extend to all pleading Rules, including the Rule 8 standards that govern the basic elements of a valid complaint ... original complaint must meet all  pleading requirements of Rules 8, 9, 10, and 11.  A barebones complaint that ...

Could Guaranteeing a Minimum Recovery for Consumers Abate CFPB Concerns Regarding Class Waivers in Arbitration Agreements?

March 26, 2015 ... claims rate of 21% and a median claims rate of 8%.  Could increasing the use of guaranteed minimum recovery clauses ...

Supreme Court: Companies Fighting State Class Actions Can Remove to Federal Court Without Evidence of Damages

December 18, 2014 ... removal notice that the amount sought by the plaintiffs exceeded $8 million, although it subsequently provided evidence substantiating that it faced ...