North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said his impending lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper for unilaterally closing businesses and mandating face masks due to COVID-19 isn’t politically motivated, despite their November election matchup. Forest, a Republican, said ...

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly failed on June 24 to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a measure that would have allowed gyms and bars to open again despite his executive order keeping them closed due to COVID-19. Republicans ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has announced that people across the state must wear masks or other face coverings in public as he extended other business restrictions by three weeks amid a surge in cases of COVID-19. Cooper issued an executive order ...

GRAHAM (AP) — A judge has left in place an injunction barring a North Carolina Stock car racetrack from holding races. The injunction was issued against Ace Speedway in Alamance County after the speedway defied restrictions on large crowds implemented ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina prison officials released a plan On June 18 to test all of its inmates and staff members for the coronavirus, following a court mandate ordering the state to release a proposal for universal testing by June 22. It ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Immigrants who are part of the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) will retain their protection from ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation allowing North Carolina judges to sentence non-violent drug traffickers below mandatory minimum sentence lengths and fines in some situations received final General Assembly approval on June 17. The House voted unanimously for the First Step Act, ...

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has finalized bipartisan legislation that will allow more people to get their criminal records cleared of lower-level criminal convictions and dismissed charges. The Senate gave unanimous approval to the “Second Chance Act,” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the time of the year when Supreme Court justices can get testy. They might have to find a new way to show it. The court’s most fought-over decisions in its most consequential cases often come in ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A large COVID-19 outbreak at a prison in Goldsboro has led officials to shutter a nearby facility and transfer its offenders elsewhere so guards can help relieve staff at the beleaguered Neuse Correctional Institution. Officers from the ...