A trial court can’t use aggravating sentencing factors in a DWI case if prosecutors fail to inform the defendant of their intentions to use them as required by state law, even if the factors were introduced in an earlier proceeding, ...
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Bar exam results are in, and for the first time in several years, the majority of candidates who sat for the North Carolina bar exam in February can start making plans to get sworn into the practice of law. In ...
Read More »A federal judge in North Carolina has granted a preliminary injunction ordering that the state’s Department of Public Safety provide Hepatitis C treatment to three inmates who sued prison officials, claiming that DPS is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act ...
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Womble Bond Dickinson One W. Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 721-3600 www.womblebonddickinson.com/us 289 attorneys Partners: 142 Associates: 57 Of counsel: 25 Other attorneys: 65 North Carolina offices: Winston-Salem (119), Raleigh (66), Charlotte (64), Durham (25), ...
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2019 saw an ever-so-slight increase in the number of attorneys working at the state’s largest law firms, according to the 2019 North Carolina Largest Law Firms survey, while the top five firms on the list remained the same from ...
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The grievance petition of a former Charlotte-area probation officer who claims he was fired without cause must be allowed to continue, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. Judge John Tyson, writing for a unanimous panel, said that while ...
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A federal jury in North Carolina has found that a Monroe-based refrigerator filter manufacturer infringed on Whirlpool and Maytag Properties’ trademarks and owes them over $5.8 million in damages, attorneys for the plaintiffs report. Whirlpool alleged that Filters Fast LLC ...
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The estate of a man who was beaten to death by his wife and father-in-law has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Davidson County Superior Court for $750,000, the estate’s attorney said. David Pishko of Winston-Salem said that the ...
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A Union County man’s conviction for maintaining a dwelling for the keeping or sale of cocaine has been reversed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals based on a lack of evidence of more than a single drug sale ...
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Previously opened emails are considered to be in “electronic storage” and can, therefore, be the basis for claim under the federal Stored Communications Act, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a matter of first impression. ...
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