North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The committee in charge of writing the first comprehensive report on North Carolina’s judicial system in over 20 years has been selected. North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin announced on May 28 the five members of what is ...

BOSTON (AP) – A former pediatrician is accused a lawsuit filed Thursday of giving medically unnecessary genital exams to dozens of boys over nearly two decades. The medical malpractice and sexual abuse suit alleges that Melvin Levine, while a doctor ...

CHARLOTTE (AP) – The federal government accused two North Carolina men, including a church pastor, of duping investors with a Ponzi scheme while a federal judge froze the assets of three men accused of running a separate such scam. The ...

SMITHFIELD (AP) – There’s been a delay in the federal lawsuit on behalf of a Clayton High School student who was suspended because of a piece of jewelry in her nose. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported last week ...

RALEIGH (AP) – The security company formerly known as Blackwater and several of its contractors are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis. A federal judge in Raleigh was holding ...

Tagged with: Blackwater Iraq

RALEIGH (AP) – Two former Wachovia Securities brokers tricked dozens of mostly elderly clients into investing in what were supposed to be can’t-miss opportunities, only to lose roughly $8 million, according to a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange ...

Tagged with: Fraud Securities Fraud

RALEIGH (AP) – Former Gov. Mike Easley was convicted Nov. 24 of a low-level felony and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for an improperly filed campaign finance report, the lone accusation to emerge after sweeping investigations into his personal ...

DURHAM (AP) – An attorney is challenging an alcohol-related traffic arrest, saying Duke University’s Police Department should not make arrests because of the separation of church and state. Multiple media outlets reported that attorney Bill Thomas filed a motion Nov. ...

RALEIGH (AP) – The economy dominated the fall campaign, but leaders among North Carolina’s social conservatives believe the Republican sweep at the Legislature should finally permit a vote on a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. North Carolina is ...

Tagged with: Family Law Gay LGBT Marriage

NC students protest racist graffiti in tunnel RALEIGH (AP) – A reappearance of racist graffiti directed at President Barack Obama has protesters at North Carolina State University calling for changes to a part of campus dedicated to anything-goes speech. Student ...