North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups called Monday for blocking the planned elimination of North Carolina’s corporate income tax, arguing that companies that benefit from operating in the state should pay a proper share for necessary public ...

Tagged with: Tax

By Wayne F. Reinke BridgeTower Media Newswires In American Axle, the invention was directed to a method for manufacturing a shaft assembly of a driveline system, historically considered to be patentable subject matter. The first claim addressed included a step ...

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By Craig R. Smith and Kevin M. Eckert BridgeTower Media Newswires “Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.” — “Villette” by Charlotte Brontë *** Silence is not disclosure, except when it is. This year, the Federal Circuit decided ...

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By Julianne Story, Eleanor Kittilstad and Ayissa Maldonado BridgeTower Media Newswires On Dec. 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law two measures that expand the rights of pregnant and breastfeeding workers: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Providing Urgent ...

Tagged with: Americans with Disabilities Act

by Paul Mark Sandler BridgeTower Media Newswires BALTIMORE, MD — What is the oldest historical example of cross-examination in trial? Believe it or not, it is in the Bible! Trial advocates today, as in prior generations, stand on the crest ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill changing the election process for county commissioners in the state’s most populous county passed the North Carolina House on a unanimous vote Wednesday after the Republican sponsor announced a compromise earlier this week.  The ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that would toughen punishments for violent protests — a response to 2020 demonstrations over racial injustice that at times turned into tumult — advanced in the North Carolina Senate on Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A previously vetoed proposal advancing in the North Carolina House would restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics in the classroom amid a national GOP crusade against ideas they associate with ” critical race theory.” ...

Tagged with: Critical Race Theory

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A newly formed and now Republican-majority North Carolina Supreme Court listened on Tuesday to arguments that could determine the extent to which state legislators can create electoral districts that could help lock in their political power. ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge William Osteen granted the request ...

Tagged with: Abortion