North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday for the start of a momentous new term, after a nearly 19-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic. Abortion, guns and ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Litigation challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s decision 10 years ago to begin charging some retired state government workers and teachers a premium for health insurance is now before the state Supreme Court. The court’s ultimate decision ...

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An employee’s retaliation suit against the supervisor he claimed made repeated comments about his protected activity was dismissed improperly, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. A panel said the district court erred when it dismissed the employee’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominations, announced by the ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a measure Monday that would have limited the powers of the person in his former position — attorney general — to enter into future legal settlements. The legislation was passed ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It’s constitutional for North Carolina to require people convicted of the most serious sex offenses to be monitored perpetually by satellite-linked bracelets, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday. But the majority opinion’s influence on sex ...

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Benjamin L. Snowden and David T. Drooz have joined Fox Rothschild in the firm’s energy and natural resources practice in its Raleigh office as a partner as counsel, respectively. Snowden represents companies involved in the development and operation of renewable ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders. But President Joe Biden ...

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RALEIGH  (AP) — North Carolina’s only farm worker union is pleased despite mixed decisions so far from federal courts about a 2017 law it says obstructs mostly Latino field hands organizing for better benefits and conditions. U.S. District Judge Loretta ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — AmeriCorps has announced settlements with two North Carolina universities and a service agency which requires a payment of more than $800,000 to the U.S. to resolved allegations of false claims for grant money, a federal prosecutor says. ...

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