North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  A lawyer charged with helping his wife plunder money from the campaign chest of a Virginia state senator and two other organizations cannot shield his two homes from possible forfeiture, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 4th ...

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A pervasive scam that can victimize lawyers, homeowners and real estate professionals is showing no signs of letting up in southeast states. State bars and legal insurance officials are urging lawyers in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina to take ...

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A federal appeals court has ruled that a cellphone salesperson’s overtime pay class action can go to court because the employer invalidated its own arbitration clause. The decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the wisdom that ...

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Divorce lawyers, beware. Tech-savvy clients may be arriving at your office bringing a host of ethical—and even criminal—problems wrapped up with their domestic cases. They may be using cell phone software to illegally gather information, or they themselves may be ...

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RICHMOND, Va. – The client’s tale of woe begins with a traffic stop near a college campus. A driver had too much to drink, or an officer discovered illegal drugs. But wait, the client says. The traffic stop was made ...

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Clicking a “Like” button on the Facebook page of his boss’s political rival was protected speech that should not be the basis of a deputy’s firing, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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Authorities on office security say the staff and lawyers at the offices of Barnes & Diehl in Chester, Va., did the right things and took the right steps when a gunman showed up June 20, demanding to see a lawyer.

Some wayward motorists in Virginia are getting hit with a double whammy after conviction in traffic court. Local governments, including Chesterfield County, are taking the offenders into civil court to demand reimbursement for the cost of an officer stopping them and writing the ticket.

The boom in bankruptcies means more lawyers are finding themselves on the list of creditors as their clients seek protection from their debts. Like other unsecured creditors, most law offices with bankrupt clients can only wait and hope that, eventually, ...

Like a hiker making his way through the forest, every person leaves a set of footprints nearly everywhere he goes. Only the tracks aren’t in mud, dirt or foliage the footprints are electronic, creating a trail that can be used ...