North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Louis Krauss BridgeTower Media Newswires Women have increased their numbers in the legal profession over the last 40 years, but many still report gender-related issues hampering their careers, including everything from offensive comments in the workplace to being passed ...

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PITTSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina county has removed a Confederate statue from a historic courthouse, joining the handful of places around the state where such monuments have come down in recent years despite a law protecting them. Preparations began ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court says there was nothing unlawful about Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration firing an agency spokesman who had served under Cooper’s Republican predecessor. A Court of Appeals panel reversed on Nov. 19 an ...

Four black voters and a branch of the NAACP sued a Mississippi prosecutor on Monday, asking a federal judge to order him to stop excluding African Americans from juries. The lawsuit against District Attorney Doug Evans is an outgrowth of ...

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The following lawyers have met all of the certification requirements and were certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization on Nov. 20, according to the board’s website. Results for bankruptcy certifications will be available in the ...

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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