North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

North Carolina is being sued again over its treatment of transgender people, as state employees argue that their health plan violated federal law by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures. The new lawsuit comes amid unresolved litigation over North Carolina’s ...

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In June 2005, a 63-year-old woman was thrown from a tram at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. The vehicle tipped over onto her, seriously injuring her shoulder and requiring years of treatment. The state paid out $85,000 more than ...

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  Court of Appeals Judge Mark Davis has been appointed to serve as the newest associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court. “I know Judge Davis is dedicated to his work and to serving the people of North Carolina, ...

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The North Carolina Supreme Court officially has a new chief justice. Cheri Beasley was formally invested as chief justice at a swearing-in ceremony March 7 at the Supreme Court in Raleigh. Beasley, the 29th chief justice in the court’s history, ...

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The Wake County Public Schools System has reached an agreement with Legal Aid of North Carolina to improve services for students with cognitive disabilities. The agreement, which was finalized Feb. 13, outlines ways that the school district will work to ...

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing was nominated by President Donald Trump in August for the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing, a partner at Williams & Connolly, ...

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Margaret Rosenfeld and Amy Wallace have joined K&L Gates as partners in the firm’s Raleigh office. They join the firm’s corporate/M&A and capital markets practices, respectively, and come to the firm from Smith Anderson, where Rosenfeld led its blockchain technology, ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin made six appointments to the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission on Feb. 27. Martin named Seth Edwards, district attorney for Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrell and Washington counties; Ashley Welch, district attorney for ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges can’t rule from beyond the grave, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a federal court can’t count the vote of a judge who died in a ...

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