North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Jenna K. Godlewski and Alice V. Harris, Nexsen Pruet  The current extension of the federal public health emergency declared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (“PHE”) will expire on Oct. 15, 2022. As the need wanes for the ...

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After more than two months, the Beaufort County Clerk of Court’s office resumed normal service hours on March 3, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced.  The office announced on Dec. 18 that it would modify hours to ...

Transylvania County courts and its clerk of court’s office will close early through March 2 due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced. The AOC said that the Transylvania courthouse, clerk’s office, and district and superior ...

An incidence of COVID-19 in Pitt County has forced the cancellation of district court sessions at the county’s courthouse for Feb. 9-12, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced on Feb. 8. Chief District Court Judge G. Galen ...

The Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough will be closed through Nov. 9 due to COVID-19 exposure, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts has announced. “We are working quickly to protect the health of those who work in the ...

People who enter Wake County’s court facilities will soon have to undergo a screening for possible COVID-19 infection. Beginning Oct. 2, visitors and staff to the Wake County Courthouse, the Wake County Justice Center, and the court’s office building will ...

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By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina system reported its first coronavirus-related student death on Tuesday since several campuses reopened with at least partial in-person learning last month. Chad Dorrill, a ...

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  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation in March, the leaders of judiciaries in every jurisdiction in the country had to take quick and drastic steps to figure out how to keep the wheels of justice turning under unprecedented ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham battled over the government’s COVID-19 response and a future vaccine in a debate Monday, kicking up a notch a campaign ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused on Friday to place more controls upon the state prison system after inmate advocates argued it wasn’t doing what he previously ordered to protect the incarcerated against COVID-19. Superior Court Judge ...

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