Attorneys and law firms have long had to deal with the mental health challenges that are so prevalent in the legal profession even in the best of times, and with COVID-19 both magnifying those existing stressors and creating some entirely ...
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Read More »BY CARMA HENSON North Carolinians who suffer harm while seeking health care during the COVID-19 pandemic will have limited recourse to be made whole by the legal system, thanks to language included in the COVID-19 bill passed by the General ...
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Read More »Handshaking is a key part of Michelle Ngome’s networking game as a marketing professional, which is why Ngome is already missing it as social distancing rules discourage the age-old ritual. “We didn’t realize how powerful the handshake is,” Ngome said. ...
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Read More »Gov. Roy Cooper is letting North Carolina restaurants, barber shops and salons welcome patrons inside starting this holiday weekend, announcing on Wednesday the loosened rules because he says state COVID-19 trends remain largely stable. But bars, gyms and indoor entertainment ...
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Jury trials are postponed until at least August, some filing deadlines have been extended, and courthouses must make arrangements for social distancing and providing hand sanitizer once courts begin to ramp up operations on June 1, according to new ...
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Read More »The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center and several North Carolina law firms have teamed up to offer pro bono assistance for small businesses and nonprofits that need help on legal issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative will ...
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Read More »Just as the North Carolina Judicial Branch has formed a COVID-19 Task Force to make recommendations as the state courts resume full operations statewide, Pitt County court officials have formed the county’s own Courthouse Advisory Committee. The committee met for ...
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Read More »The North Carolina legislature resumed its annual session on Monday after a two-week break prompted by COVID-19, with lawmakers returning in part to address a state economy and government revenue socked by the pandemic. The House and Senate held sparsely ...
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Read More »The North Carolina legislature is resuming its annual session, two weeks after meeting to approve a $1.6 billion package that distributed COVID-19 funds from Washington. Lawmakers scheduled floor sessions and a committee meeting as they return starting Monday. Constituents can ...
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Read More »BY MEGAN PAQUIN Earlier this year, when crisis management was declared one of the top practice areas for 2020, no one would have predicted that law firms would be facing an existential crisis of their own. The COVID-19 crisis has ...
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