What Are the Legal Implications of Emojis?

Many presume that the use of emojis are frivolous and more fun than serious. However, the use of emojis can raise complicated and complex legal questions and issues.

Webinar: Maximizing Finance Charges & Attorneys Fees in Civil Litigation

Finance charges and attorneys fees are important provisions in business contracts. Our clients frequently ask how to maximize finance charges and when attorneys fees are recoverable in civil litigation. This webinar will review how and when you can recover attorneys fees in business cases.

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Webinar: When Should I Hire An Attorney To Help With Nonpayment From My Customer?

Late payment or nonpayment from customers can have a significant impact on your business. We often hear from our clients, “My customer is not paying us on time, what can we do?” “Our client is not community with us now, what should we do?” “When should we hire an attorney to help us correspond with our customer?” “How do I find the attorney that is right for our business?” Register for this fast-paced webinar, hosted by James Vann, as we discuss hiring an attorney to assist with late payment or nonpayment from your customer.

Webinar: Contract Law – Which Terms Really Apply?

When your business exchanges quote requests, quotes, purchase orders, and contracts with customers or clients, which document’s “terms & conditions” apply? Here’s a scenario we often see in business law: Your business works to establish a contract with a client or customer. Your customer sends in a request for a quote – that request includes terms & conditions. Your company then sends the customer a quote with terms & conditions. Your customer then sends in a purchase order with its own terms & conditions. Your company finally delivers a confirmation which includes its own terms & conditions. So which terms and conditions apply?! Join James Vann during this fast-paced webinar reviewing Terms and Conditions in business contracts. Join James Vann during this fast-paced webinar reviewing Terms and Conditions in business contracts.

Webinar: Accepting Checks & Other Forms of Payment From Your Customers

COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR FOR OUR CLIENTS & GUESTSThursday, July 25, 20193:00 – 3:45 PM ESTAccepting Checks & Other Forms of Payment From Your CustomersPresented by James VannWhen a customer writes in the memo field, does that impact collection? What happens when a customer remits payment to another branch? Do you know what to do when a customer makes a payment for …

Duty to Preserve and the Preservation Order

If you have been involved in a lawsuit before, you may remember seeing or receiving what is typically called a “preservation letter”. What is this preservation letter and what does it do?  A preservation letter may also be called a preservation order, a litigation hold, or a hold order. This is a letter instructing the recipient not to destroy, alter, or …

Who Owns Your Company’s Social Media Presence?

How the business’s online presence is created, whether through the formation of a website and/or social media account(s), is at the discretion of the business owners. Creating an online presence for your company through a social media site such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, or creating your own website effectively advertises your business before a large audience.

Using GPS Tracking Devices in the Business Context | An Interesting Twist

While mostly always beneficial to our daily lives, the integration of new technology into everyday activity has also raised quite a number of legal concerns. Let’s say a business competitor of yours places a GPS tracking device on the bottom of your vehicle and keeps track of your location as you travel from place to place.

Support our Krispy Kreme Challenge Parking Fundraiser

The Krispy Kreme Challenge is next Saturday and we will be hosting a fundraiser to benefit the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and the YMCA We Build People Campaign. Our building is front and center to the action on Hillsborough St! We will be collecting donations from folks parking in our lot. Participants and non-participants are encouraged to park with us.

2017 Fourth Quarter Newsletter

James Vann and Joe Davies discuss How to Handle Commitment Issues with Slow Paying Customers, Employee Monitoring: Combating Distractions and Containing Malice, Know What’s In Your Lease: The Issue With Forms, and The Impact of Smart Contracts on the Legal Profession in this issue of the Vann Attorneys Legal Pad newsletter.

Letter of Intent and Term Sheet in a Business Transaction

Often times in a business transaction where a business is buying or selling a business, a Letter of Intent and Term Sheet is agreed to in order to set the stage for the transaction.  Generally the buyer will present to the seller a letter of intent to set out the terms and conditions for the purchase.  This generally is presented to the seller after there has been…

North Carolina Lien Agent and Lien Law Pending Legislation

The North Carolina General Assembly is considering Senate Bill 602 which will modify the existing law concerning Lien Agents and the North Carolina Lien law. The bill provides a new provision to the existing law which would provide a way for a Lien Claimant to give notice of cancellation of the Notice to the Lien Agent upon full payment.

Creating Time to Plan and Think | Becoming Better

Several years ago, I came across an article that encouraged business owners to take time to plan their business strategy, business goals and personal goals. The advice was to take several days and to actually get away from others in order to have solitude to think and plan.

Resolving a Contract Dispute

Business contract disputes are generally not fun to encounter. The disputes often interrupt the natural flow of business and can become an issue with cash flow and financial performance. How to resolve the business disputes is always something to consider.