North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Where an insurance policy provided coverage to affiliates of the Episcopal Church, that policy extended to a breakaway parish that is embroiled in litigation against the diocese. Nothing in the master policy suggested the insurance company has the duty—or the ...

Where Arlington County sued a host of opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies in state court for causing, or contributing to, the opioid epidemic in the county, two subcontractors properly removed the suit to federal court. Their operation of a government ...

Although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, is obligated to not retaliate against whistleblowers, because the statute allows suits against a “person,” and the NRC is not a “person,” the NRC was immune from a whistleblower suit. Background Dr. Michael ...

Where the record was “too meager” to render a proper ruling on the defendants’ claims that their due process rights were violated when the government failed to disclose and preserve the decedent’s cellphone, the convictions for distributing heroin that resulted ...

In a case of first impression, the court held that where an employer transfers an employee from a position they could perform if provided with reasonable accommodations to a position they do not want, that could support a failure-to-accommodate claim. ...

Where Hobbs Act robbery reaches the use of force or threats of force against property, while the guidelines’ definition of “crime of violence” requires the use of force or threats of force against persons, there is no categorical match. Consequently, ...

Where a man challenged an immigration judge’s denial of a waiver of inadmissibility so he could apply for a U visa, federal regulations allow immigration judges, or IJs, to “take any action consistent with their authorities … that is appropriate ...

Although a 2017 amendment to the bankruptcy fees provisions may render it more expensive for some debtors in Virginia—as opposed to North Carolina or Alabama—to go through Chapter 11 proceedings, because the difference is a byproduct of Virginia’s use of ...

Where the record did not show the decedent had frequent, regular and proximate contact with a company’s asbestos insulation, the company prevailed on the wrongful death claims. Background After Charles F. Connor died at the age of 90 of mesothelioma, ...

Where a native of Ghana was pardoned for aggravated felony, drug and firearm offenses, the pardon waiver of removability is limited to the grounds listed in the statute, which does not extend to controlled substance and firearm convictions. The order ...