COVID-19 COVERAGE UPDATE - COURT OF APPEALS REVERSES NORTHSTATE DELI August 25, 2022 Alan M. Ruley Insurance Recovery The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a great deal of litigation regarding coverage for business income losses under commercial insurance policies. In nearly all cases, the insured lost, with courts holding that business income losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic were not covered. One notable exception was the case of Northstate Deli, LLC, et al. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, et al., from North Carolina.
NC BUSINESS COURT CLARIFIES SCOPE OF MANDATORY BUSINESS COURT DESIGNATION May 26, 2022 Alan M. Ruley Litigation Blog N.C.G.S. § 7A-45.4 provides for nine categories of cases that any party may designate as a “mandatory” complex business case. The most commonly used provisions are Subsection (a)(1), for cases involving a material issue related to the law governing corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, and Subsection (a)(2), for cases involving a material issue related to disputes involving securities, including disputes arising under the North Carolina Securities Act, N.C.G.S. § 78A.
Challenges in Bringing Shareholder Claims April 4, 2022 Alan M. Ruley Litigation Blog We have previously written about intra-corporate disputes, i.e., disputes between shareholders in a corporation or other entity, such as an LLC, over the management of the entity. [1] In Barefoot v. Barefoot, et al., 2022 NCBC 5 (Feb.
A Primer on Intra-Corporate Disputes May 10, 2021 Alan M. Ruley Litigation Blog Chisum et al. v. Campagna et al., No. 406A19 (N.C. Supreme Court, March 12, 2021).
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