North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis left his seat on Capitol Hill briefly for one on the witness stand May 18 in an employee discrimination case from his time as a top state legislative leader. The Republican senator testified ...

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SALVO (AP) Attorneys say checks are coming to people who suffered financial losses from an eight-day power outage on the Outer Banks last summer. Attorney Dennis Rose told about 15 people at a meeting in Salvo last week that claims ...

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(AP/The Center for Investigative Reporting) Amid a nationwide opioid epidemic, the poor and desperate have become easy prey for rehabs that promise freedom from addiction – for free. To pay for their stay, participants must work full-time jobs and surrender ...

RODANTHE (AP) It’s the time of year when drivers must slow down along some parts of the Outer Banks or risk a speeding ticket. The state Transportation Department says in a news release that it has temporarily lowered the speed ...

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) The North Carolina doctor accused of reusing syringes and storing human fat in plastic bags can practice medicine again, even though her license was suspended. A Wake County judge granted a temporary restraining order May 15 against the N.C. Medical ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Officials in North Carolina say inmates attacked correctional officers in separate incidents at two prisons. The N.C. Department of Public Safety says in a news release inmate Charles McDougald attacked four officers at Foothills Correctional Institution in Morganton May ...

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A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge was recently presented with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division’s Liberty Bell award. Judge James A. Wynn Jr. was given the award during Law Day 2018 festivities in Raleigh. The ...

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The Pro Bono Resource Center inducted 345 attorneys into the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society after they each reported providing 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2017. Chief Justice Mark Martin, who chairs the North ...

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CHARLOTTE (AP) The former CEO of North Carolina’s largest regional mental health agency has filed a countersuit to fight efforts to recover $1.7 million in severance pay which a new board of directors said he used for himself and other ...

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A North Carolina district court judge was publicly reprimanded May 11 for failing to issue a ruling on a case for more than two years and three months. The North Carolina Supreme Court reprimanded Judge Gary Henderson of Charlotte for ...

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