North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed William “Bill” Wolfe to serve as a superior court judge in Judicial District 7C, which serves Edgecombe and Wilson counties, the governor’s office announced on Jan. 21. Wolfe will fill the vacancy created by the ...
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Judge sides with Zion Williamson against ex-marketing agent
A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled in favor of New Orleans Pelicans player Zion Williamson in a case concerning a contract he terminated with a Florida-based marketing agent who is seeking $100 million in damages from the former ...
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Read More »Lawyers in the News – Jan. 18 
Cheri Beasley, a former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has joined McGuireWoods’ litigation practice in Raleigh as a partner and member of the firm’s appellate team. Beasley joined the Supreme Court in 2012 and was appointed chief ...
Read More »New chief justice means shake-up atop N.C.’s court system
RALEIGH (AP) — The hiring of a new top administrator of North Carolina’s court system is one of several significant personnel changes in a shake-up atop the state Judicial Branch since Chief Justice Paul Newby was sworn in this month. ...
Read More »Moratorium over: N.C. towns advance LGBT protections
RALEIGH (AP) — The first North Carolina municipalities are acting to expand LGBT rights again a month since the expiration of a moratorium on nondiscrimination ordinances agreed to years ago as a compromise to do away with the state’s “bathroom ...
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Read More »U.S. Supreme Court rejects UNC’s appeal in Title IX case
RALEIGH (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of a North Carolina Supreme Court decision requiring it to release disciplinary records of students who violated the school’s sexual ...
Read More »N.C. towns considering more LGBT protections after moratorium
HILLSBOROUGH (AP) — Three North Carolina municipalities plan this week to discuss ordinances to expand more anti-discrimination protections to LGBT citizens. Town boards for these Orange County communities have placed proposals on their agendas on successive nights, beginning Monday in ...
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Read More »At inauguration, Cooper calls to strive for shared goals
RALEIGH (AP) — Starting his second term, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday called on residents to learn from the state’s recent triumphs and trials and to commit to shared goals for education, health care and racial equality, and ...
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Read More »New justices installed in first-ever virtual investiture ceremony
North Carolina’s new Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby and two other newly-elected justices, Phil Berger Jr. and Tamara Patterson Barringer, were sworn in on Jan. 6 during a history-making virtual investiture ceremony that was broadcast live via Webex and ...
Read More »New director of N.C. AOC appointed
Andrew Heath, a superior court judge and former state budget director and chairman of the state’s Industrial Commission, has been appointed to lead the North Carolina Administrative Offices of the Courts. New Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby made the ...
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