North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

by Kate Ahern BridgeTower Media Newswires The Unfrazzled Lawyer is a monthly column aimed at helping attorneys take back control of their time and focus on what’s most important to them, so they can build the career and life they ...

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by Spencer Farris BridgeTower Media Newswires We have been inundated with talk of artificial intelligence lately. My firm uses software to automate some of the everyday tasks we face, most often just to nag me to do them. The software ...

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by Missy Oakley and Becky Zuschlag BridgeTower Media Newswires Exit interviews are a very useful tool and can provide valuable information to an employer to help avoid future claims and improve employee retention. They are also the perfect time to ...

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ROCHESTER, NY –With spring (finally!) approaching, companies should consider adding an annual insurance checkup to their “spring cleaning” to-do list. Many businesses have, at some point, encountered this nightmare scenario: despite paying substantial insurance premiums year after year, a significant ...

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by R. Marc Kantrowitz BridgeTower Media Newswires BOSTON, MA — Nearly 10 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, a young African-American lieutenant in the U.S. Army had done the same thing. For his ...

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by Paul Mark Sandler BridgeTower Media Newswires BALTIMORE, MD — What is the oldest historical example of cross-examination in trial? Believe it or not, it is in the Bible! Trial advocates today, as in prior generations, stand on the crest ...

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by Joseph D. Early Jr. BridgeTower Media Newswires BOSTON, MA — Recovery is possible. Recovery should be celebrated. Usually, when we talk about the opioid epidemic, we talk about the grimmest statistics: the overdose deaths. It’s hard not to when ...

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by James M. Doyle BridgeTower Media Newswires BOSTON, MA — After brandishing a fake gun near Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Juston Root, a 41-year-old man with a long history of mental illness, led police on a wild chase. ...

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By Erin Barker and Natalie Sanders  The last decade has seen significant pushback against non-compete agreements in the employment context. Several states have laws that prohibit or significantly limit their use, and now, the federal government is targeting them.    On ...

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By Nick Hurston  Cybersquatters may violate federal law even if they aren’t the original registrants of the challenged domain, according to a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.   In a matter of first impression, the Fourth Circuit ...

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