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As of March 30th at 5:00p.m., North Carolina is under a “Stay at home” order. People are still entitled to leave their home for groceries, medications, health care appointments, social services, church, etc. However, what does this mean for businesses? North Carolina’s definition of essential businesses and operations includes a massive category of businesses…

Just as “essential” businesses vary by state and locality, so do “nonessential” businesses. However, even as fluid as the current situation seems to be, there are businesses generally deemed “nonessential”.  These “nonessential” businesses include the following: bowling alleys, casinos, concert venues, dine-in bars and restaurants, gyms, museums, racetracks, recreation centers, salons and spas, shopping…

Shipman & and Wright was pleased to be a Corporate Sponsor at the Power Breakfast on Thursday hosted by the Greater Wilmington Business Journal at the Wilmington Convention Center. This year’s first Power Breakfast of 2020 was held at the Wilmington Convention Center and was attended by several hundred of Wilmington’s business community. The…

Recently the Star-News wrote an article about a case in which we represented a young woman against a Wilmington, NC oral surgeon after he sexually assaulted her while she was under anesthesia. Unfortunately, this kind of sex abuse case involving sexual assaults such as this happen too often. It is extremely disappointing that professionals…

Wilmington Attorney Gary Shipman has been named as 1 of 23 NCAA Certified Agents in the country and the only NCAA Certified Agent-based in NC. In April 2018, The Commission on College Basketball, chaired by Condoleezza Rice, suggested legislation to allow some student-athletes to hire NCAA- Certified Agents in order to better assess their…

There is an interesting question that often arises especially after the death of a relative who left no will but owned some real estate. When a property taxpayer dies owning real property the seemingly mundane process of sending a tax bill becomes difficult for the county tax office and the implications of that listing…

Buyer Beware! The NC Court of Appeals has provided us another opinion to solidify prior cases in North Carolina warning buyers in real estate transactions to conduct independent due diligence rather than rely solely on Seller disclosures. In the case of Stevens v. Heller/BFD/Re/Max United, the Stevens purchased an investment property from Heller who…

As we come to the end of 2019, one of our many New Year’s resolutions as a State and community for 2020 must press forward and ramp up efforts to hold Chemours and its predecessor, DuPont accountable for the harm done to the natural resources of North Carolina and other States that have been…

A recent story from a television station in New Mexico (“Excessive litigation a threat to home construction” read more here) so understates the matters at issue with respect to construction defects with residential homes.  First, construction defects with new residential construction are inevitable and are most certainly expensive for anyone involved to litigate to…

Over a dozen private property management companies manage on-base housing for the United States Military. This structure of military housing management arose under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI), put in place in the 1996 National Defense Authorization Act. The MPHI calls for a “public/private program whereby private sector developers may own, operate, maintain,…