On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Business Law, Business Ownership
North Carolina is an equitable distribution state. Inequitable distribution states, the court presumes splitting marital property equally is a fair starting point. Now, there is flexibility in a court’s decision on circumstances where equal distribution may be unfair....
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | May 31, 2019 | Blog, Business Law, Business Ownership, Employment Law, Uncategorized
Businesses have good reason to use non-solicitation agreements. Imagine the time and effort a North Carolina company invests in cultivating relationships with clients. Then one day an employee decides to leave the company and hire those clients away, depriving the...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | May 20, 2019 | Blog, Business Law, Trade Secrets
Your trade secrets are what set your North Carolina organization apart from the competition, so it makes sense that you would want to take all possible measures to protect those secrets from misappropriation. You may even consider patenting your confidential...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Business Law, Business Ownership
Should you and your spouse own a North Carolina business, it probably represents your largest asset and accounts for the vast majority of your family’s income. This makes your business especially important if you and your spouse divorce. An article in Forbes explains...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Business Law, Business Ownership, Trade Secrets, Trade Secrets & Non-Competes
Company Q was unhappy when it hemorrhaged four employees with access to sensitive trade secrets. The first Company Q employee to resign, Defector A, set up two competing companies. Three more information-privileged Company Q employees, Defectors B, C and D left...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Bob Meynardie, Mediation, Negotiation
by Bob Meynardie July 12, 2013 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration It is the rare successful mediation that does not lead one party or both to wonder whether they could have gotten more or given up less. What makes mediated settlement conferences so...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Bob Meynardie, Mediation, Mediation Experiences, Negotiation
by Bob Meynardie September 12, 2013 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration At one mediation I heard counsel accuse the plaintiffs of lying and engaging in “litigation lottery,” hoping for a big payoff. This mediation was over before it began. At another...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Bob Meynardie, Mediation, Mediation Theory, Negotiation
by Bob Meynardie September 22, 2013 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration I have recently been reading a number of relatively new books with claims of a revolutionary new way to approach negotiation. Without exception and without naming names, each new...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Bob Meynardie, Mediation, Mediation Theory, Negotiation
by Bob Meynardie October 22, 2013 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration, Outsourced General Counsel The first tenet of what Fisher & Ury call “The Method” is to separate the people from the problem. Although I think I understood their point when I...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Bob Meynardie, Mediation, Mediation Theory
by Bob Meynardie December 12, 2013 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration By far the most often quoted tenet of “the Method” is to avoid positional bargaining and instead focus on the underlying interests of the opposite sides. Fisher & Ury illustrate their...