Remember when we wrote about North Carolina’s “Relation-Back” rule regarding liens last year ? Basically, there was a hugely controversial decision that a lower court in North Carolina rendered holding that partial lien waivers signed by a general contractor effectively change the date of the contractor’s first furnishing of labor and material on a particular project. And thanks to the Court of Appeals of North Carolina’s decision rendered on July 20th of this year ( Wachovia Bank v. All is well in the world of North Carolinian contractors once again.