North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — A federal grand jury meeting in North Carolina is weighing whether to recommend criminal charges in the tainted congressional race. The grand jury is meeting in Raleigh this week to review election irregularities in the 9th Congressional ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would address a doctor’s responsibilities if an abortion results in an infant born alive. Cooper announced his decision April 18, two days after the General Assembly sent him a measure telling health care ...

GREENSBORO (AP) — The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, some of its police officers and several others are being sued by the parents of a black man who was hogtied and died in police custody last year. The News & ...

WILMINGTON (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a North Carolina man accused of leaving his pet fish behind without food when he was evicted. New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David told news outlets April 9 that 53-year-old Michael ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Bipartisan legislation would ease some standards that identification cards for North Carolina colleges, universities and other institutions had to meet before they could be used as photo voter ID in next year’s elections. House Republicans and Democrats ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Some North Carolina House Republicans are expected to pitch again their idea to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of uninsured people through the 2010 federal health care law. They scheduled a Legislative Building news conference on ...

DURHAM (AP) — An autopsy says natural causes claimed the life of a North Carolina prosecutor found dead at home last year amid attention over “The Staircase” documentary series. Freda Black helped prosecute the 2001 killing examined by the documentary. ...

RALEIGH (AP) — An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing. The state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the mother of Robert Eugene ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A man imprisoned for stalking has had his conviction overturned after North Carolina’s Court of Appeals ruled the social media posts underpinning the charges were protected by free speech rights. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday for Brady ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing, a partner at Williams & Connolly, ...

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