North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Catharine Morisset and Lisa Nagele-Piazza, Fisher Phillips  Hospitality industry employers know that scheduling the right number of workers on any given day — or shift — is a challenge. In addition to unpredictable customer patterns, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ...

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By Daniel Avants, Tiffany Hetland and Amanda Bogle  On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the American Hospital Association and against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), holding that the 2018 and 2019 Medicare ...

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By Lisa Michelle Kohring and Weston J. Mumme  The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and holding that there is ...

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by Barry Rosen  BridgeTower Media Newswires  The federal No Surprises Act (NSA) generally protects patients from receiving large unanticipated bills for out-of-network care.  To implement the NSA, transparency rules have been issued that require self-insured and insured health plans to ...

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By Meghan Riordan Contributing writer Medical spas are on the rise in South Carolina. Now that we are coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the state seem ready to take the wrinkles from the last two years off ...

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By Jeff Trueman  BridgeTower Media Newswires We spend so much time and money trying to protect and enforce our rights against others that we overlook threats from within ourselves. The famous physicist, Richard Feynman, said, “The first principle is not ...

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By Richard E. Rassel III and Jeremy M. Manson  Winning a trial in a complex commercial case is challenging. Managing the logistics of discovery, preparation, and trial presentation is daunting. One might think that litigating such a case in the ...

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by Paul Mark Sandler  BridgeTower Media Newswires BALTIMORE, MD — A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. It can undermine your case. Therefore, it is important to examine your own planned written and oral presentations. Also, carefully consider opposing presentations ...

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by Paul Mark Sandler  BridgeTower Media Newswires  BALTIMORE, MD — The practice of law has a rich heritage. Lawyers throughout history have contributed to the development of the rule of law, and to our present day system of justice. Representation ...

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It’s hard to leave a job that has meant so much to me, but these things happen sometimes, and so this will be my final issue as the editor-in-chief of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. I’ve worked for this newspaper for ...