North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to give a judge another week to work through the latest step in a long-running legal fight over public education spending. The court’s justices granted Special Superior Court Judge Michael ...

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The following lawyers have met all of the certification requirements and were certified as specialists in their respective practice areas by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization on March 2-3, according to the board’s website. Bankruptcy Law ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a North Carolina city have settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with a former female firefighter who said she had endured a hostile work environment in which the fire chief and others inflicted emotional distress. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has temporarily blocked the enforcement of last week’s ruling by trial judges that declared people convicted of felonies can vote while serving their probation or parole. The Court of Appeals on Tuesday ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A western North Carolina city’s decision to remove a downtown monument honoring a Civil War-era governor has been upheld by the state’s Court of Appeals. On March 5 the court unanimously affirmed Superior Court Judge Alan Thornburg’s ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina lawsuit that attempts to block a law permitting four Charlotte-area municipalities to operate their own charter schools can’t go forward, the state Court of Appeals ruled on March 5. Two years ago, the North ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has elevated a district court judge to the superior court and appointed three new district court judges, the governor’s office has announced. Lee Gavin has been appointed to serve as a superior court judge in Judicial District ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for people falsely accused by police of crimes, the Supreme Court removed a barrier Monday to lawsuits against law enforcement for malicious prosecution. The 6-3 ruling means that some malicious prosecution lawsuits that had ...

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