North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with a New Mexico woman who was shot by police as she drove away from them, in a case that will allow more excessive force lawsuits against police to go forward. The ...
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Read More »N.C. court to decide if voter defamation lawsuit can proceed
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court panel will soon decide whether a libel complaint can proceed to trial over false accusations that representatives of former Gov. Pat McCrory made in 2016 alleging several voters had unlawfully cast multiple ...
Tagged with: Elections
Read More »N.C. chef files class action over COVID-related insurance claims 
A Raleigh restaurant owner has filed a class action lawsuit against an insurance carrier that has repeatedly denied interruption coverage to businesses that were shuttered because of COVID-19. Ashley Christensen filed the lawsuit against Cincinnati Insurance Co. in the U.S. ...
Read More »4th Circ. to rehear ‘Twitter juror’ case, no to Title VII suit
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request for rehearing in the case of a woman who resigned as an equity partner from a law firm, then sought to bring a Title VII lawsuit against the firm. ...
Read More »Now vaccinated, justices gather privately at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is returning to a little bit of normal following a year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the justices met in person Friday for a regularly scheduled private conference, court spokesperson Kathy Arberg ...
Tagged with: U.S.Supreme Court
Read More »N.C. federal attorneys: 24 more charged in voter-fraud probe
RALEIGH (AP) — A federal North Carolina prosecutor’s office that has been investigating allegations of voter-related fraud said on Friday that 24 more people have been charged over the past 18 months. Two of the defendants were charged earlier this ...
Tagged with: voter fraud
Read More »N.C. public education ‘remedial plan’ presented to judge
RALEIGH (AP) — A multibillion-dollar plan presented by North Carolina officials and designed to comply with legal rulings that declare the state has failed to meet constitutional obligations in public education is now in the hands of a judge. The ...
Tagged with: Education
Read More »Ex-judge Cheri Beasley to run for U.S. Senate, advisers say
RALEIGH (AP) — Coming off a narrow election defeat in 2020, North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state Supreme Court will soon enter the 2022 U.S. Senate race, two advisers familiar with her deliberations ...
Tagged with: Chief Justice Cheri Beasley
Read More »Bill seeking to limit NC governor emergency powers advances
RALEIGH (AP) — House Republicans advanced a measure on Tuesday that requires North Carolina’s governor to obtain formal support from other elected leaders to enforce long-term statewide emergency orders. A state House judiciary committee voted for the legislation, which marks ...
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Read More »Will paralegal work from home outlast virus? Ford’s move suggests yes
DETROIT (AP) — It’s a question occupying the minds of millions of employees who have worked from home the past year: Will they still be allowed to work remotely — at least some days — once the pandemic has faded? ...
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