North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Pressures are mounting for everyone involved in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, as increasingly severe penalties and new registration requirements force recreational and commercial users of UAS to adapt to evolving laws and regulations. With a recent $1.9 million penalty ...

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One of the better blogs I’ve read that relates to trial issues is The Persuasive Litigator (persuasivelitigator.com). Its author, Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm, recently wrote about jurors and their calculations regarding civil damages. He noted that a recent study demonstrated that ...

Editor’s note: The following was submitted in response to the announcement of a consent judgment entered into by the North Carolina State Bar and LegalZoom following litigation between the parties regarding whether LegalZoom’s activities constitute  the unauthorized practice of law. ...

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Hello, my name is Shon, and I am a recovering courtroom addict. I used to believe that all family law matters should be tried for their sins and litigated to the end of time. For the first 15 years of ...

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Amy R. Fiterman and M. Joseph Winebrenner Mass tort litigation is a significant and increasingly more common liability exposure for businesses. Mass torts are more popular now than ever before. In the period from 2012-14, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict ...

by Dennis Saylor and Daniel I. Small Whether you are just starting out or an experienced hand, you should take every opportunity you can to watch other lawyers try cases. When a trial lawyer stands up in open court, the ...

For attorneys who do both, dealing with colleagues and clients and dealing with children have a lot in common: You have to figure out how to deal with different personalities, you have to carefully manage your time, and there are ...

By CHERI BEASLEY Every day in courtrooms across North Carolina, from Murphy to Manteo, pro se litigants struggle to navigate the judicial system alone.  Many more indigent litigants never reach the courthouse doors as they cannot overcome procedural hurdles without ...

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BOSTON — Attorneys frequently get calls from clients who say, “I need a will,” when what they really mean is that they need an estate plan. And the clients who make those calls almost always end up with more than ...

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A May 2015 bulletin from the National Association for Law Placement notes that women and minorities have made “small gains” in representation among law firm partners in recent years. However, among all legal employers listed in NALP’s 2014-2015 directory, only ...

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