On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Dec 18, 2019 | Business Law
If an employee leaves your business and takes confidential information to use for his or her own gain, you may have grounds for legal action under the North Carolina Trade Secrets Protection Act. This statute defines misappropriation of trade secrets and outlines...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Dec 2, 2019 | Business Law
When you are going through a divorce with your spouse, you often deal with the emotional trials and physical losses involved in the process. During your North Carolina divorce, you and your spouse will have to divide assets and if you have children, you will have to...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Jul 4, 2019 | Business Law
Successful North Carolina businesses often attribute achievements to trade secrets. Trade secrets come in a variety of forms. Recipes, designs, methods and any other bit of information that helps a business maintain an economic advantage are trade secrets. Trade...
On Behalf of Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC | Jun 23, 2019 | Business Law, Business Ownership
When a couple starts a business together, they generally do not anticipate a divorce down the road. Yet things change, and even the best-laid plans can go awry. If a couple jointly owns a business, the fate of that business after a divorce depends on the unique...
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 | Arbitration, Arbitration Rules, Blog, Bob Meynardie, Business Law
by Bob Meynardie August 4, 2014 Bob Meynardie, Mediation & Arbitration The American Arbitration Association recently announced new streamlined rules for arbitration specifically designed for the construction industry. AAA believes that the new procedures...
