Rachel Blunk is currently an associate at Sharpless & Stavola, PA in Greensboro, NC. She has a hybrid practice including civil litigation and business law. She has been named Rising Star in the area of Employment and Labor by North Carolina Super Lawyers in both 2014 and 2015. Rachel speaks and writes frequently on a variety of issues, and focuses her scholarship on legal issues facing the LGBT community in North Carolina.
North Carolina’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage, Amendment One, was struck down on October 10, 2014 by Judge Cogburn in Gen. Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Resinger. 12 F. Supp. 3d 790, 791 (W.D.N.C. 2014). Not a full year later, after working its way to the Supreme Court, Obergefell v. … Read More
For lawyers handling real estate closings, it’s important to know that seller fraud continues to rise, especially with the upcoming holiday season when distractions are high, and fraudsters are active.
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.