by Robert Jessup | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog
Your private partner is not your friend. They may all be nice people, and they may have a friendly demeanor in your meetings — but they are not in your community to do you a favor. You need to look out for yourself, and be sure to verify everything they tell...
by Robert Jessup | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog
In Buckley, LLP v Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Comp., the North Carolina Supreme Court (per curiam) upheld a Business Court decision finding that records of an internal company investigation, even if carried out by an attorney, are not necessarily protected by the...
by Robert Jessup | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
We have written previously (here and here) about the relationship between public records and a lawyer’s duty to maintain confidentiality for clients. As we’ve written, just because something is a public record, that doesn’t mean it’s not confidential information in...
by Robert Jessup | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog
(Because 1Ls don’t have time for another Top Ten list.) 1 – Law school is something you’re doing, not who you are. Tape that reminder to your bathroom mirror if you have to. Some aspects of law school and the legal profession are designed to hammer your soul if...
by Robert Jessup | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog
Over the last few months, we have worked as bond counsel with two towns that wanted to assemble land for economic development, and that needed to borrow money to pay for the land. The towns took different approaches that illustrate the flexibility available for this...
by Robert Jessup | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog
Most of us have heard of the “Black Tax,” a shorthand reference to the ways that the structure of our society and economy imposes extra financial burdens on Black folks. It shows up even in our lovely little world of municipal finance. Black Tax: Evidence of Racial...
