North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  You may not have realized it yet, but we’re experiencing a unique convergence of multiple trends that will ensure that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will soon change life as we know it. Vehicles are becoming more electrified and connected with ...

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Yet another redistricting lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina, this one challenging General Assembly boundaries that Democrats and election reform advocates say remain illegally tainted by excessive favoritism toward Republicans. Common Cause North Carolina, the state Democratic Party and ...

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A man in North Carolina is accused of impersonating a U.S. Marshal with forged credentials and identification of “remarkable quality.” A U.S. Marshals search warrant application says Michael Robert Kwasniewski later told authorities he bought the items on eBay. The ...

This column is the first in a three-part series aimed at continuing a discussion on how law firms must compete in today’s legal market on client experience: the culmination of a well-defined culture, the right clients, and tailored, efficient legal ...

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Police in North Carolina say a middle school student who poked other students with a small needle that diabetes patients use to prick their fingers has been charged. Ayden police tell news outlets a sixth grader was charged with five ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eighty-five-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the court and is in the hospital, the court said Thursday. The court’s oldest justice fell Wednesday evening, the court ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and fellow Democrats gained influence Tuesday at the currently Republican-dominated legislature for the next two years, breaking the GOP’s veto-proof majority in the House and making inroads in the Senate. Democrats gained at least eight ...

Alice Neece Mine, the long-time assistant executive director of the North Carolina State Bar, has been installed as the agency’s secretary/treasurer, succeeding Tom Lunsford, who had held the post since 1992. Mine was sworn in by North Carolina Supreme Court ...

Just a few short months after walking 2,190 miles on a footpath from Georgia to Maine, Bruce Matson is back in the office in a high-rise in Richmond, Virginia, handling bankruptcy cases for LeClairRyan, where he’s a partner. He said ...

More redrawing of North Carolina legislative boundaries would be required next year if Friday’s ruling by state judges striking down four state House districts stands. A three-judge panel Friday agreed with advocacy groups and voters that several alterations to Wake ...