North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Robb Evans & Associates LLC v. Holibaugh. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0624, 15 pp.) (Shedd, J.) No. 09-1429, June 29, 2010; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Messitte, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A receiver appointed pursuant to an FTC enforcement action against a ...

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U.S. v. Alston. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0629, 16 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 09-4375, July 2, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Davis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In seeking a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act for defendant’s prior violent crimes, ...

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U.S. v. Jackson. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0631, 11 pp.) (Wilson, J.) No. 09-4753, June 24, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Nickerson, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The federal government had jurisdiction over defendant’s submissions of falsified timesheets on a Northrup Grumman government ...

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U.S. v. Alvarado Perez. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0627, 26 pp.) (Alarcon, J.) No. 08-5078, July 1, 2010; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Titus, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms defendant’s 96-month sentence for firearm possession by a convicted felon, ...

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U.S. v. Young. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0635, 17 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 08-4117, June 28, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Quarles, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit agrees with the government that the district court erred when it concluded the ...

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U.S. v. Luck. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0628, 15 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 09-6641, July 2, 2010; USDC at Charlottesville, Va. (Moon, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: At defendant’s trial for cocaine distribution, defendant’s lawyer was constitutionally ineffective in failing to request ...

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Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 89 v. Prince George’s County, Md. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0632, 19 pp.) (King, J.) No. 09-2187, June 23, 2010; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Williams, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In this challenge by unions to ...

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Air Line Pilots Ass’n Int’l v. US Airways Group. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-0633, 17 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 09-2083, June 23, 2010; USDC at Alexandria, Va. 4th Cir. Holding: The Railway Labor Act does not permit an airline pilots’ union ...

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The Mecklenburg County Bar has installed Charlotte attorney A. Todd Brown, a partner at Hunton & Williams, as its 99th president. Brown will serve a one-year term. The ceremony took place during the MCB’s annual meeting on May 20. Brown’s ...

The case involved two workers who were called into an industrial plant to help repair some faulty equipment. They were not employed by the plant, but instead, were third-party contractors with specialized skill. During the course of the workers’ performance ...

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