North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has issued a new order further extending the postponement of court proceedings, the North Carolina Judicial Branch announced on April 2. The new order contains seven emergency directives. It postpones court proceedings ...
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As the gravity of the COVID-19 threat grew, North Carolina’s law schools ordered students out of the classrooms and into living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and wherever else they could find a quiet, solitary place to connect online with their classmates ...
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Worried parents who want reassurance regarding how to handle shared custody arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic are bombarding North Carolina family law attorneys with questions. Their advice: Follow orders, both those from family law judges and those from Gov. Roy ...
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Even in the best of times, the grind of preparing for the bar exam is often one of the most harrowing ordeals of a young lawyer’s career. These are, of course, not the best of times, and the students preparing ...
Read More »By Robert J. Kerwin As we all well know, COVID-19 is upon us and the World Health Organization has officially declared we are living during a pandemic. Few medical authorities at this point are willing to speculate exactly when the ...
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Read More »BY KELSEY MAYO and HANNAH MUNN The landscape for attorneys has been changing quickly in the wake of COVID-19. Many are seeing an influx of inquiries from clients asking how they can best protect their employees and businesses while living ...
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Read More »BY MARC GUSTAFSON Client A has just called and asked if he can request Employee 70, who happens to be 70 years old and firmly within the at-risk group of people for the COVID-19 virus, not to come work for ...
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Read More »There are certain books, movies, and songs that are timelier than ever today. There are scenes in both the novel and the movie Jaws, for instance, where Chief Brody is imploring a skeptical Mayor Vaughan to close down the beaches ...
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Read More »The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued an order extending all appellate court deadlines that fall between March 27 and April 30. The March 27 order extends these deadlines for 60 days and also encourages electronic filing and credits back ...
Read More »By Katherine Kayatta In the last couple of weeks, nearly all in-person meetings have come to a grinding halt as the world hunkers down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Litigators, whose practices frequently require in-person contact at depositions, mediations and court ...
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