North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The United States Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that Health Management Associates, INC. (“HMA”), now known as Health Management Associates, LLC, and its parent, will pay over $260 ...

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The North Carolina Supreme Court has approved a temporary amendment to the rules of the North Carolina State Bar to let attorneys from other states register to provide pro bono assistance to residents of the state who were affected by ...

Tagged with: Hurricane Florence

No profession appreciates the power of language and understands the value of time better than the legal profession. It’s no surprise, then, that lawyers are absolutely “killing it” when it comes to embedding content as a key component in their ...

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A lawsuit challenging the replacement for North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” is moving forward, with a judge finding evidence that transgender plaintiffs are being harmed by a prohibition on new local antidiscrimination laws. Federal Judge Thomas Schroeder, however, rejected another key ...

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North Carolina’s highest court will decide whether legislators can reject a governor’s choices for important jobs like collecting taxes or registering automobiles, or if lawmakers claiming that oversight limit which top aides carry out the governor’s plans. The state Supreme ...

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As Hurricane Florence was thrashing North Carolina earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s leadership amid the devastation won widespread praise, including some from Republican politicians who have been passing laws to undercut him ever since he was elected. He ...

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Tom Buckley has joined Goldberg Segalla as a partner in firm’s general liability practice group in Raleigh. Buckley represents businesses in complex commercial litigation matters and was previously with Hedrick Gardner in Raleigh. Allegra Sinclair has also joined Goldberg Segalla, ...

A North Carolina county jail has eased restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds held in solitary confinement. The Charlotte Observer reports that Mecklenburg County still holds youths in solitary confinement, despite 2016 bans on the practice for youths in federal custody ...

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The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover from recent natural disasters. The aid was added to legislation to keep Federal Aviation Administration programs running beyond month’s ...

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Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to state governments throughout the country–of which $3.66 million will be paid to North Carolina–as part of a settlement agreement announced Sept. 26. The ride-hailing company will also increase data security to adhere ...

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