North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with food giants Nestle and Cargill on Thursday and threw out a lawsuit that claimed they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labor. The justices ruled 8-1 ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. The court said ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Timothy Gould as a superior court judge in Judicial District 19C (Rowan County) and Cull Jordan III as a district court judge in Judicial District 12 (Cumberland County). Gould will fill the seat vacated by ...

A man who was released from prison last year after serving 44 years in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit is now suing the city of Concord, its police department, and the State Bureau of Investigation, alleging that law enforcement concealed an investigation file from prosecutors and his defense attorneys during his 1976 trial. Ronnie Long, 65, accuses investigators of lying at his trial and ignoring his “airtight alibi.” The recently discovered file ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court judge accused of nearly striking Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Fayetteville with an SUV has had his case dismissed because prosecutors said they could not find evidence of a crime. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that low-level crack cocaine offenders convicted more than a decade ago can’t take advantage of a 2018 federal law to seek reduced prison time. The justices affirmed the nearly 16-year prison ...

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A recent survey of senior in-house legal and human resources decision-makers shows that many companies, including law firms, have held steady or seen increased business during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “During the pandemic, much has changed,” said Matt Keen, managing shareholder of Ogletree ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A judge didn’t step over the line when she refused to let North Carolina’s legislative leaders formally defend the state’s latest photo identification voting law with other state government attorneys, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the city of Asheville and Buncombe County to halt the demolition of a Confederate monument while an appeal plays out. The city has already removed the 75-foot tall obelisk honoring Confederate ...

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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a North Carolina man who posted an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American political candidate from Virginia. A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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