by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
When Congress passed legislation to re-open the government in November, it quietly tucked into the 2026 appropriations package a sweeping redefinition of “hemp” that could vaporize an entire industry segment. The new appropriations bill rewrites federal hemp law to...
by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
“We’re handling all the things that come with people making families and breaking families up,” said Meredith Nicholson, a co-founder and partner in Durham-based family law firm NicholsonPham Law. These matters include marriage, divorce, equitable distribution, and...
by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
“The modern law firm is subscription-based, not built on the billable hour,” said Kimberly Bennett, co-founder and CEO of the legal tech platform Fidu. She was the keynote speaker at the Lawyers Mutual Modern Solo/Small Firm Conference in October at the Durham...
by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law in July 2025. This bill becomes effective in 2026 and beyond. In addition to making permanent many of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions that were set to expire, it added some new deductions and...
by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
For more than three decades, the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts program (IOLTA) has been one of the quiet engines of justice in North Carolina. It takes the interest from lawyers’ pooled trust accounts and directs it to civil legal aid programs that serve people...
by RG | Dec 26, 2025 | legal matters
On November 3, April Bogard Pinder joined Raleigh-based Cranfill Sumner LLP as the firm’s first chief executive officer. Cranfill is the first law firm in the Southeastern United States to appoint a CEO outside of its partnership. Pinder joined Cranfill from U.S. Bank...
