North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
LEXINGTON (AP) — A father and daughter who were sentenced to prison in the 2015 death of an Irish businessman were released on bond on April 7, weeks after the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed that their convictions should be ...
Read More »Bond set for dad, daughter whose murder convictions were reversed
Man who was wrongly imprisoned for 44 years gets $750,000 
DURHAM (AP) — A man who served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit has received compensation from the state of North Carolina. Ronnie Long received $750,000. It is by law the state’s top ...
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses case over Trump and Twitter critics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The court said on April 5 that there was nothing left to the case after Trump ...
Read More »N.C. House advances bill to keep youngest kids out of court
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina House members have advanced a bill that would prevent kids under 10 in trouble with the law from having to go before a judge and participate in juvenile justice proceedings. House Bill 261 unanimously cleared the ...
Read More »North Carolina eviction moratorium extended to June 30
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has announced a three-month extension of the statewide eviction moratorium that had been set to expire at the end of March. The updated executive order, issued March 30, comes a day after ...
Read More »N.C. Senate OK’s bill telling sheriffs to act on ICE requests
RALEIGH (AP) — Republican legislation ordering North Carolina’s sheriffs to note the immigration status of jail inmates and assist federal agents who want to detain them has received state Senate approval. The legislation passed along partisan lines on March 11 ...
Read More »Facebook moves to dismiss state, federal antitrust suits
Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said March 10 that the complaints “do not credibly claim” that its ...
Read More »Iredell Co. votes to remove Confederate memorial outside courthouse
STATESVILLE (AP) — Officials in Iredell County have voted to move a Confederate memorial that has stood outside the court house for more than a century. The Statesville Record & Landmark reports that county commissioners voted 4 to 1 on March 2 ...
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court poised to OK voting obstacles in key case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona in a key case that could make it harder to challenge a raft of other voting measures Republicans have proposed following last year’s elections. All ...
Read More »Judge approves Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan for Belk chain
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A judge approved Chapter 11 bankruptcy plans for North Carolina-based Belk on Feb. 24, creating a new infusion of capital and cutting the debt load for the beleaguered department store chain. The judge approved the plan during ...
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