North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) — The end of appeals by two insurance providers fighting how North Carolina’s health department decided who would run its new Medicaid managed-care initiative means legal challenges over the awarding of the contracts are now over. The Court ...

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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The long-running case of a former deep-sea treasure hunter marking his sixth year in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has hit yet another roadblock. Research ...

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A handful of North Carolina counties are benefiting from a new Judicial Branch project geared toward enhancing the capability to safely and securely hold remote court proceedings. The Courtroom Audio Visual (CRAVE) Project is an audio/visual infrastructure consisting of numerous ...

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina man shackled to a floor while in police custody did not get help from police officers who watched him swallow cocaine, beg for water and tell them he couldn’t breathe, according to a lawsuit ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina attorney has pleaded guilty for her role in a conspiracy in which she and others created credit profiles using illegally obtained social security numbers and used the accounts to buy a luxury car and ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A divided General Assembly agreed Wednesday to delay North Carolina’s already postponed primaries by another three weeks, with Republicans citing uncertainty surrounding their new redistricting maps for the date change. But with the legislation approved on party ...

Tagged with: Redistricting

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The legal fight over North Carolina’s redistricting plans shifted quickly to the state Supreme Court the day after trial judges refused to throw out the new maps. By Wednesday, nearly half of the justices had been asked ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judicial panel refused Tuesday to throw out redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, rejecting arguments that the lines were illegal because they were politically stacked for the GOP. The unanimous decision by ...

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Michael Best, a national law firm, announced that it has acquired Forrest Firm in a strategic combination. Michael Best will add 23 lawyers and 13 professionals from Forrest Firm and gains offices in Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Greenville, Wilmington, and ...