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Why North Carolina Is Probably The Best State In Which To File A Voluntary Dismissal Of Your Case

By Mack Sperling on May 9, 2016
Posted in Rules of Civil Procedure, Watching The Court

You have a case set for trial in a state trial court.  You are tenth on the trial calendar, but the nine cases in front of you have crumbled and settled over the weekend.  Plus, your most important witness is gone from your state based on your guess that the case wouldn’t be reached for…

NC Business Court: Motions To Amend And The Statute Of Limitations

By Mack Sperling on May 28, 2015
Posted in Rules of Civil Procedure, Watching The Court

Maybe you have the same nightmare that I do.  You have moved to amend your Complaint to add a new defendant.  The statute of limitations is about to run, but your motion to amend was made before the end of the limitations period.  The problem is that you end up getting the Order allowing your…

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I grew up in New York, went to college there (at Union College in Schenectady), and then came to North Carolina to law school at UNC-Chapel Hill. I clerked for United States District Judge Frank Bullock of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina after graduating. Read More

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