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Justices revive PI claim omitted from plaintiff’s bankruptcy
A federal appeals court improperly narrowed the scope of its inquiry on the question of “inadvertent mistake” in deciding that the doctrine of judicial estoppel applied to bar a […]
GOP Rep. Sarah Stevens resigns to focus on NC Supreme Court race
On June 9, Republican Rep. Sarah Stevens, a nine-term member of the North Carolina General Assembly, announced her resignation to focus on her 2026 campaign for a seat on the […]
Trial date set for New Hanover development lawsuit
A trial date has been set for a lawsuit over the denial of a residential development in New Hanover County. A jury trial hearing for the Bayshore Townhomes appeal […]
SCOTUS News: Drugmaker’s ‘induced infringement’ suit comes up short
A pharmaceutical company could not rely solely on the statements that a generic drug manufacturer made in product labeling, patient information leaflets and press releases when making a claim […]
Deleted files cost defendants in trade secret case, NC Supreme Court rules
In a May 22 ruling, the North Carolina Supreme Court revived trade secret misappropriation claims against former employees who systematically deleted information from their personal devices after receiving evidence […]
Telecoms denied right to jury in FCC data security actions
The Federal Communications Commission did not violate the Seventh Amendment by, without the involvement of a jury, issuing forfeiture orders that penalized telecommunications communications companies for failing to take reasonable […]
Fabrication claims revived in wrongful conviction lawsuit
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived fabrication-of-evidence claims brought by two men whose murder conspiracy convictions were vacated more than 20 years after they were sentenced […]
AG Jackson joins coalition urging Congress to reject federal children’s online safety bill
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general urging Congress to reject a federal bill that he said would strip away existing […]
Durham DA: Budget cuts could gut prosecutor staffing, dismantle decades of city cooperation
Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry is warning that proposed city budget cuts could have immediate and lasting consequences for her office, according to reporting by Kristen Johnson of the […]
Retro application of anti-stacking sentencing amendment rejected
Congress’s inclusion in the First Step Act of a provision eliminating the “stacking” of a mandatory 25-year sentence for those convicted of a second firearm offense involving a crime of […]
SCOTUS News: Death row inmate gets relief from ‘Batson’ waiver finding
A state supreme court unreasonably applied clearly established Batson precedents and unreasonably determined that a Mississippi death row inmate waived his opportunity to rebut the prosecutor’s asserted race-neutral reasons for […]
NC attorney general, DOJ reach settlement ending secret meat pricing data exchange
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general have reached a settlement with Agri Stats, shutting down a secret data exchange that allowed meat processors […]
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