
    NEXT ADVISOR CONTINUED, INC. v. LENDINGTREE, INC. and Lendingtree, LLC
    No. 391A16
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    December 14, 2016
    Russell F. Sizemore, Attorney at Law, Jonathan M. Watkins, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, Mary Cabell Clay, Attorney at Law, Glenn E. Ketner, III, Attorney at Law, Scott M. Tyler, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, for Lendingtree, Inc., et al.
    Christopher G. Smith, Attorney at Law, Susan H. Hargrove, Attorney at Law, Isaac A. Linnartz, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for Next Advisor Continued, Inc.
    ORDER
   Appeal dismissed ex mero motu by order of the Court in Conference, this the 8th day of December 2016.  