Ralph DiLeone: M&A Advisor for Family Businesses

Phelps Dunbar business attorney Ralph DiLeone is a lifelong fan of the Cleveland Guardians (formerly the Indians) and the Cleveland Browns … so patience is a virtue. It’s also a virtue when representing closely held family entities considering a sale, merger or...

Legal Aid Launches JusticeHub

Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) receives approximately 300,000 calls a year, and until recently, only a third of those callers reached a live person. That changed in January when LANC launched JusticeHub. “JusticeHub is a 24/7 online legal aid portal where one can...

Mysty Blagg Legally Mom

“A little chaos is good in life,” laughed Poyner Spruill health care attorney Mysty Blagg. She knows of what she speaks, having started law school at age 42 while holding down a full-time job and raising a family. The experience inspired blogs and LinkedIn posts under...

My Gifts from Breast Cancer

The American Cancer Society reports that approximately one in eight women in the US will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. I never imagined those odds would catch up with me. I had no particular risk factors and no family history of cancer. The good news is...

The Collateral Source Rule

Forensic economics combines economic analysis with the law, and it’s important for practitioners to stay in their lane. No one wants an economist who speaks or acts like a lawyer. But that doesn’t mean we economists can’t discuss what lies outside our lane. Sometimes...