North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a partial ban on asylum does not apply to anyone who appeared at an official U.S. border crossing before the policy was announced in July, a decision that may affect thousands of people. The ...

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Judge Sarah Seaton has been appointed by Chief Justice Cheri Beasley as chief district court judge for Judicial District 4, which covers Duplin, Jones, Onslow, and Sampson counties. Seaton will succeed current Chief District Court Judge Paul Hardison upon his ...

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has upended a longstanding legal roadblock that has given the gun industry far-reaching immunity from lawsuits in the aftermath of mass killings. The court this week allowed families of victims of the ...

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North Carolina’s legislative districts are set for the 2020 elections after the state Supreme Court refused on Friday to fast-track a redistricting appeal. That decision led the plaintiffs who successfully sued based on partisan bias claims to end their legal ...

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is seeking comments on a new standing order providing added time for review of a motion to freeze action in an immigration removal or deportation case. The standing order provides for entry of ...

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By Louis Krauss BridgeTower Media Newswires With mountainous stacks of promotional magazines, postcards and pamphlets cluttering their offices, law school leaders are working to cut back on the amount of marketing materials they send to their peers at other U.S. ...

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A group of North Carolina jail inmates filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a county’s cash bail requirements, saying the system unfairly jails the poor while letting people with money go home. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in ...

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South Carolina authorities are looking into the finances of Emanuel AME Church, which received millions in donations after a racist attack left nine worshippers at a Bible study dead in 2015. State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Tommy Crosby confirmed the ...

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Michelle D. Connell and Wesley P. Gelb have joined Fox Rothschild as partners in its Raleigh office. Connell and Gelb will join the firm’s family law practice group and come to the firm from Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton. Stephanie ...

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The Supreme Court is wrestling with a modern-day dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard’s ship that went down off North Carolina’s coast more than 300 years ago. The justices on Tuesday heard arguments in a copyright case over photos and videos ...

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