“We may be seeing the beginning of the end of the recession,” President Barack Obama said yesterday at Raleigh‘s Broughton High School. Indeed, parts of the country are starting to experience some economic stability, according to the latest figures issued by the Federal Reserve, but the Fifth District of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina [...]

A Chicago property management company has just filed a $50,000 defamation suit against a tenant who messaged her 20 Twitter contacts: “Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s OK”

As a business attorney, I tell clients they should have a trusted “kitchen cabinet” of professionals to go to for advice: attorney, accountant, insurance agent and financial planner. It is nice to know someone and feel comfortable before you have a problem. Yet, finding a trustworthy professional in these fields can be daunting. How can [...]

According to ABC News affiliate WTVD Channel 11, an Immigration Services Officer with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), was arrested on July 15th on charges of blackmail and extortion. The Officer, Bedri Kulla, was based in USCIS’ service center off of Roycroft Drive in Durham County. Allegedly, Mr. Kulla was blackmailing foreign [...]

It is no surprise that when the economy is on the decline that business fraud will rise. Franchised business opportunities are being strongly marketed as a way to beat the recession, as are a number of business opportunity scams. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new warning video to help prospective business owners separate [...]

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has notified business lawyers in the state of a suspect mailing from an outfit called “Corporate Services, Inc.” This company is sending out official-looking notices to North Carolina corporations that quote North Carolina statutes concerning the requirement to maintain minutes and threaten dissolution of the corporation for failure [...]