North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that lawmakers violated the Constitution in passing a law that would take away job protections for veteran teachers. In an opinion Tuesday, the appeals court also said newer teachers ...

Tagged with: Teacher Tenure

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man accused of making threats on Facebook. The justices ruled Monday that it was not enough for prosecutors to show that the comments of Anthony Elonis ...

Tagged with: U.S.Supreme Court

STAR (AP) — Republican state Sen. Buck Newton of Wilson has started his bid to become North Carolina’s next attorney general. Newton announced his candidacy Monday. He planned to kick off his 2016 campaign with a breakfast in the Montgomery ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A judge has ordered North Carolina not to approve any fracking operations until the state Supreme Court rules on a legal question about how state panels are formed. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens’ decision ...

Tagged with: Fracking

NEW YORK (AP) — For Shannon Henderson, getting a cold or flu could be the difference between putting food on the table and going hungry. As a part-time customer service representative at a Wal-Mart in Sacramento, California, Henderson is one ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can’t prevent a convicted felon who is barred from possessing firearms from trying to sell his guns after they are confiscated by authorities. The justices sided with Tony ...

Tagged with: U.S.Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of participants in employee retirement plans who object to companies’ investment decisions that eat into retirement savings. The justices on Monday revived claims by current and former employees of ...

Tagged with: 401(k) U.S.Supreme Court

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man stumbled upon a 10-pound package of marijuana that washed up on the beach. Multiple news outlets report that Ron Smith was taking a morning walk near the Cotton Bayou Beach access in ...

Tagged with: Marijuana

WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to keep secret the National Security Agency’s collection of American calling records was a strategic blunder that set the stage for Edward Snowden’s unauthorized disclosures and ultimately harmed U.S. national security, the agency’s former inspector ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina budget-writers aren’t having to make as many cuts as in other years since the Great Recession. It’s making for a less painful process as House Republicans roll out portions of a spending plan for the ...

Tagged with: State Budget