**UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021** The eviction moratorium imposed by the CDC order set to expire March 31, 2021, has… Read More
Established case law tells us that pro se litigants are held to the same standard as represented parties, but that is not always… Read More
Sometimes You Have to Let Them ‘Bring the Heat’ Kevin Costner has been in some fantastic baseball movies: Field of Dreams, For Love… Read More
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that a mortgage servicer had a permissible purpose… Read More
An issue of key concern to employers now that vaccines are being made available to inoculate against COVID-19 is whether they should require… Read More
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has long taken the position that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide a… Read More
On October 30, 2020, the CFPB published its long-awaited Final Debt Collection Rule (the “Rule”) which is intended to interpret the federal Fair… Read More
“Congratulations, we won! …now what?” — anonymous litigator In the hectic world of North Carolina civil litigation, the focused practitioner understandably may lose sight of… Read More
My secured lender clients sometimes contact me in desperation because they believe they cannot get their liens… Read More
Filing a reaffirmation agreement in a chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding is a commonplace occurrence for many attorneys. However, the reaffirmation process is fraught… Read More
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