The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision recently in McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC, one of the numerous nuisance lawsuits filed in North Carolina involving neighbors claiming nearby hog farms constituted a nuisance.  Shortly thereafter, the defendants announced a settlement had been reached in all of the pending North Carolina hog farm nuisance cases against Murphy-Brown, LLC. Background Murphy-Brown, LLC (a Smithfield subsidiary) is a commercial hog producer that contrac... read more

The Dr. Herbert E. Harper, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund is an annual scholarship created in honor of Dr. Herbert E. Harper, Jr., the late husband of our founder and CEO, D’Ann Harper. Herb, as he was most commonly known, was an advocate for life-long learning. He served as an educator for 33 years and was passionate that everyone should have the opportunity to pursue a higher education.CRITERIA/ELIGIBILITYStudent must be an agent, employee, child, step child, or grandchild of agents or employees of Coldwell ... read more