North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper won another legal victory defending his COVID-19 executive orders on Tuesday, this time when a judge rejected Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s demand that they be ...

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The Lee County Courthouse has reopened after closing for almost two weeks after an employee testified positive for COVID-19. The courthouse closed on July 31 after one employee tested positive. The courthouse, including the district attorney’s office and clerk of ...

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The mother of a New York tourist who was fatally punched has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a former assistant men’s basketball coach at Wake Forest University as well as the school itself. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that the ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to give a former North Carolina congressman no prison time for lying to the FBI about his role in a plan to try to bribe the state’s top insurance regulator ...

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By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will ease gathering restrictions for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte this month after a push by the national party for the state to be more accommodating. ...

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SPARTA, N.C. (AP) — The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the state early Sunday, rattling homes, businesses and residents. The National Weather Service in Greenville said the 5.1-magnitude temblor struck ...

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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is weakening hiring and the economic rebound. ...

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Deborah A. McDermott has joined Sands Anderson in its Durham office. McDermott, a board-certified specialist in estate planning and probate law, will join the firm’s trust and estate planning team. Jeffrey J. Goebel has joined Shanahan Law Group in Raleigh. ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has upheld the convictions of two men found to be trying to bribe North Carolina’s top insurance regulator with large political contributions so that scrutiny of a defendant’s businesses would be eased. A ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s COVID-19 restrictions keeping some businesses with higher risks for spreading the virus closed and mass gatherings severely limited will remain in place for another five weeks, Gov. Roy ...

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