North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  A Rowan County man convicted of molesting a young child did not do enough to assert his right to a speedy trial during the 63-month period between his arrest and trial, and as a result, his constitutional right to ...

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It’s been one year since 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski retired in the face of allegations of improper sexual conduct and abusive practices toward colleagues and law clerks. Since then, much conversation has occurred in Congress ...

Tagged with: Sexual Harassment

  Eighteen months after it was implemented, two of the six counties participating in a legislature-mandated pilot program to pay court-appointed attorneys according to a fixed fee schedule have asked to be exempted from participation. The program was the result ...

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Federal courts have the power to hear a motion to vacate or modify an arbitration award in any dispute where they would have the power to hear a motion to compel arbitration, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...

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Two North Carolina attorneys and a judge received the North Carolina State Bar’s John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award in November. James Talley Jr., Jonathan Harkavy and Judge B. Craig Ellis each received the honor at separate ceremonies held by ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals met at the Catawba County Justice Center in Newton Nov. 14, as part of a special session. The three-judge panel heard cases from Madison and Forsyth counties. Chief Judge Linda McGee, Judge Richard Dietz ...

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The Mecklenburg County Bar is seeking nominations for the 2018-2019 MCB Extraordinary Pro Bono Service Awards. Categories for awards include “outstanding individual attorney” and “outstanding collaborative project,” the MCB said in a release. The individual award is given to a ...

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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief Nov. 21 in support of a suit against a pharmaceutical company which he said should be held liable under state laws for misleading consumers about their product. The brief was ...

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The case of a man serving a life sentence for murder is being reexamined after the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission decided there was enough evidence to potentially exonerate him. As a result, the commission voted unanimously to refer his ...

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Over half of the courtrooms in North Carolina now offer wireless internet access, with sights set on all courts in the state have the capability by the end of the first quarter in 2019, according to a news release. The ...

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