North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
The North Carolina Supreme Court has made it clear that a person does not have a duty to retreat under the state’s stand-your-ground laws. ...
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Botched self-defense instruction spurs new trial
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Your firm is like a factory, Columbia lawyer says in new book
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Winter woes
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Cooper ethics complaint case sent back to trial court
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Requirements for pleading trade secrets theft set out
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4th Circuit sets new test for sentencing relief
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Corporate veil pierced in reverse
Opinion Digests
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Criminal Practice – MAR – Appellate Counsel – Disjunctive Jury Instructions – Plain Error Review
In defendant’s prior appeal, appellate counsel’s lack of professional diligence in uncovering the readily-available – and outcome determinative – legal principles enunciated in State v. ...
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Criminal Practice – Post-Conviction DNA Testing – Anders Review – Court’s Authority
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Criminal Practice – Probation Revocation – ‘Good Cause’ – No Findings Needed – Costs & Fees
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Criminal Practice – Corpus Delicti – Evidence – Hearsay – Trustworthiness – Rape of a Child
Verdicts & Settlements
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Judge finds Meck lawyer padded bill, slashes her fees
A federal judge in Charlotte has drastically reduced a Mecklenburg County foreclosure lawyer’s fees after finding that she padded her bill with excessive hours. ...
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Restaurant not liable for DUI crash
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Brick injury results in nearly $6M settlement
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False lien claim was unfair trade practice
Headlines
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C-SPAN to tape Rosenstein’s commencement speech for Campbell law
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be delivering a commencement address at Campbell Law School’s upcoming graduation and hooding ceremony, and C-SPAN will ...
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Asheville mediator honored posthumously
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NC Supreme Court Justice receives McNeill Smith Award
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Guilford judge receives Excellence in Judicial Service Award
