North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A drawing for a grand prize to lure in customers is something more often associated with car dealers than law firms. But a firm in North Carolina has plans to do exactly that. Those plans are the subject of an ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued 33 published decisions Tuesday morning. Check our website and daily e-mail alerts throughout the week for digests of the opinions. The complete roundup of opinion digests will appear in next Monday’s paper.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued 21published decisions Tuesday morning. Check our website and daily e-mail alerts throughout the week for digests of the opinions. The complete roundup of opinion digests will appear in next Monday’s paper.

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First impression   The N.C. Supreme Court upholds G.S. § 163-96(a)(2) – which allows small political parties ballot access if they obtain signatures of 2 percent of the number voters in the preceding gubernatorial election – against a constitutional challenge ...

A bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday that would allow non-lawyer ownership of a professional corporation law firm is already getting some attention from the N.C. State Bar. The bill would allow non-lawyers to own up to 49 percent of ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued 36 published decisions Tuesday morning. Check our website and daily e-mail alerts throughout the week for digests of the opinions. The complete roundup of opinion digests will appear in next Monday’s paper.

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A Senate committee this week continued a fierce debate on the merits of a medical-malpractice bill that would cap noneconomic damages and make it harder to bring a claim against emergency room health-care providers. Members of the Judiciary I committee ...

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My colleague asked me to read a passage for accuracy. The passage mentioned homeowners. When I reviewed the passage, I changed “homeowners” to “property owners” and highlighted “property owners.” When my colleague sent me a revised paragraph to check for ...

First impression   In a civil commitment hearing like In re Watson, the N.C. Court of Appeals says the trial just must conduct a thorough inquiry into a respondent’s competency to represent himself before allowing the respondent to proceed pro ...

The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued 11 published decisions Tuesday morning. Check our website and daily e-mail alerts throughout the week for digests of the opinions. The complete roundup of opinion digests will appear in next Monday’s paper.

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