May 29, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge has allowed a homebuilding company and its owners to escape allegations from an architect that they used designs without paying for them, ruling that the designs did not contain copyrightable architectural works.
August 12, 2025
A South Carolina architect has argued in a North Carolina federal lawsuit that a Charlotte, North Carolina, homebuilder solicited a set of plans for a home, then used the designs on a project without paying for them, breaking a verbal agreement between the two companies.