North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The legal needs of domestic violence victims can be complicated, especially if they’ve had to flee an abusive situation under extreme duress. From child custody to immigration issues, domestic violence victims have legal needs that go beyond the criminal case of their alleged abusers.

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As the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, attorneys say they are increasingly getting calls from employers inquiring about possible legal issues if their employees became infected. It turns out that a virus that originated on ...

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During the week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Cundari strides across the stone floors of the federal courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina, her mind constantly active with arguments and strategy. But for an hour on Saturday mornings, she’s gliding barefoot across ...

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Where a law enforcement officer knew there was a warrant for someone named “Lewis,” knew the defendant was known as “Lewis” and the defendant fled when he was told about the warrant, the officer had reasonable suspicion to detain him. Curtilage ...

  A North Carolina woman who lost both her legs in a motorcycle crash after she hit a curb while on vacation in Myrtle Beach has reached a $300,000 settlement with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the maximum amount ...

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  You walk into a coffee shop or hotel that offers free public Wi-Fi, with your company email, your banking app, and your Amazon Prime app all residing on your cell phone or tablet. When you walk out, those bank ...

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  They all took different paths to get there, but five exceptional women have careers in law while serving their country. One grew up in a military family. One entered the military while competing in boxing, and another was motivated ...

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Small businesses that are struggling to reorganize their debts may find it easier to get a fresh start thanks to changes to federal bankruptcy laws taking effect next year. The Small Business Reorganization Act, which was signed into law in ...

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  As representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration testified before members of the U.S. House of Representatives last month regarding recent illnesses connected to vaping products, the parallels with another ...

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  Estate planning in a digital era encompasses more than just the material things a client possesses. These days, attorneys must consider their client’s digital existence as well as their temporal one, and estate planners and executors need to think ...

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