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		<title>Top Verdicts &amp; Settlements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An “empty chair” alienation of affection case that resulted in a $30 million award tops the list of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s annual roundup of the year’s top verdicts and settlements. The 2011 list comprises the 25 of $1.5 million or more that were reported to Lawyers Weekly during the year.]]></description>
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		<title>ABA mulls stricter standards for law school job info</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Nimocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As American Bar Association leaders consider more exacting standards for law schools for reporting post-graduate salary and employment information, a new round of class action suits is ratcheting up the pressure on schools and the ABA to address allegations of fraud and misrepresentation.]]></description>
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		<title>NC group acquires small Columbia firm with big connections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Nimocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina’s largest law firm grew by three lawyers, one city and an unknown number of Palmetto state political connections last week when Winston-Salem-based Womble Carlyle merged with the boutique firm Hall &#38; Bowers of Columbia.]]></description>
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		<title>If laws go online-only, costly problems are sure to follow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonda Rush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association in February will be asked to endorse a proposed uniform law aimed at new standards for state government websites that host legal materials. The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) is proposed by the Uniform Laws Commission to address a trend, still in its infancy, of shuttering public printers and posting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This property is condemned &#8230; some day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big takings case reported by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly has all the ingredients to pit property-rights advocates against an arrogant government agency willing to send certain property owners into decades of limbo for its own convenience.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court rules against judge in confrontation with DA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Bantz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Supreme Court has refereed the skirmish between Chief District Court Judge Jerry A. Jolly and District Attorney Jonathan M. David, but its decision leaves unfinished business.]]></description>
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		<title>Clerk can’t adjust trustee’s self-awarded fee, court rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon McCloskey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message sent last week by the Supreme Court to junior lenders left hanging as unchecked trustee attorney’s fees eat into foreclosure proceeds essentially was this: We’d love to help, but our hands are tied.]]></description>
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		<title>Taxation &#8211; Fraudulent Transfer &#8211; Taxpayer’s Nominee &#8211; Bankruptcy &#8211; Civil Practice &#8211; Res Judicata &amp; Collateral Estoppel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Johnson v. United States</em> Since a final decision of the bankruptcy court has already determined that plaintiff received a fraudulent transfer from her husband of his million-dollar judgment against a former employer, the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel make it appropriate for this court to reach the same conclusion.]]></description>
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		<title>Labor &amp; Employment &#8211; FMLA &#8211; Disability Discrimination &#8211; Tort/Negligence &#8211; Public Policy &#8211; Emotional Distress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Satterwhite v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.</em> N.C. courts have not recognized a public policy exception to the at-will employment rule based on a violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Plaintiff has failed to state a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Tort/Negligence &#8211; Background Check &#8211; Civil Practice &#8211; Federal Question Jurisdiction &#8211; FCRA &#8211; Domestic Relations</title>
		<link>http://nclawyersweekly.com/2012/02/02/tortnegligence-background-check-civil-practice-federal-question-jurisdiction-fcra-domestic-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Benzing v. Tharrington-Smith, LLP</em> Plaintiff claims that defendants wrongfully obtained a background check on him for use in domestic violence and child custody matters. Plaintiff’s allegations state a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, so this court has federal question jurisdiction.]]></description>
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