North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RICHMOND, Va. — The business of law is no more immune to the economic downtown than any other enterprise, but Virginia law firms say they are weathering the storm, in part by offering special services that meet the needs of ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A female air traffic controller gets another chance to prove her Title VII “hostile environment” claim in Alexandria federal court. The court pulled the trigger a little too fast when it granted summary judgment to the employer ...

ST. LOUIS — When Bryan Cave’s new merger partner opened offices in Charlotte and Dallas, the moves were touted as part of an aggressive growth strategy. The expansion by Atlanta firm Powell Goldstein now might not seem like such a ...

CHARLOTTE — Wachovia is vigorously defending a shareholder’s lawsuit that is trying to stop the bank’s $15.4 billion purchase by Wells Fargo & Co. Irving Ehrenhaus is suing the two banks and Wachovia’s board to halt the merger. He is ...

BOSTON — If, as is assumed in bankruptcy bar circles, there is a lag time between the onset of an economic downturn and the onslaught of bankruptcy petitions that inevitably follows, that time appears to have passed. From Worcester and ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia State Bar wants to loosen the ethical rule governing whether a lawyer can claim to be certified as a specialist. The loosening stops well short of what some states are doing, but it’s still further ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Attorneys for a restaurant chain specializing in spicy Buffalo wings are searching for assets and demanding nearly $70,000 in attorney’s fees after eight months of effort to enforce a consent order against an “obstreperous” copycat eatery. The ...

CHARLOTTE — Steel-maker Nucor Corp. and seven of the nation’s largest steel producers are being sued by a Pennsylvania metal fabricator alleging they engaged in anticompetitive practices for nearly four years. Lawyers representing Standard Iron Works in Scranton, Pa., claim ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In the past few months, some lawyers have noticed that jurors are venting their anger at corporate America. “My impression is that, given facts that establish a pattern of conduct that preceded the event that’s the subject ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Signals from the Supreme Court of Virginia indicate that a two-decade effort to establish official rules of evidence for Virginia courts may be nearing fruition, according to a lawyer who has advanced the cause since the mid-1980s. ...