North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Alexander A. Bove Jr. and Melissa Langa BridgeTower Media Newswires A first generation business owner experiences immense pride in taking a moment here and there to observe what the owner has built for his or her family and the business’s ...

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  A lawyer charged with helping his wife plunder money from the campaign chest of a Virginia state senator and two other organizations cannot shield his two homes from possible forfeiture, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 4th ...

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A second North Carolina election that employed political consultants involved in the country’s last unresolved congressional race is being challenged, and the Democrat who was forced out as sheriff after an apparent narrow loss is demanding his job back. A ...

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Authorities say a North Carolina man missing for months was fatally beaten and stuffed into a metal dog cage. The Fayetteville Observer reports 23-year-old Ryan Dewain Chavis was charged Thursday with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of Charles ...

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The Latest on a North Carolina congressional race where a winner hasn’t been finalized while an absentee ballot fraud investigation continues (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The Republican candidate in the country’s last undecided congressional contest says he had a ...

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The dissolution of North Carolina’s elections board Friday injected further uncertainty into a still-undecided congressional race as a U.S. House Democratic leader rejected the idea of filling the seat until an investigation of ballot fraud allegations is complete. Gov. Roy ...

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A lawyer for the Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional race said Monday the campaign doesn’t think a planned hearing aiming to root out evidence of alleged ballot fraud can happen. An attorney for Republican Mark Harris said Monday ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin has announced two new judicial appointments, effective Jan. 1. Martin appointed Judge Patricia Evans as chief district court judge for Judicial District 14 in Durham County. Evans will succeed Chief Judge James ...

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Police say a man accused of aggressive panhandling was shot in North Carolina. Wilmington police tell news outlets in a statement that 33-year-old Eric Gurtler suffered a minor gunshot wound Monday night. Police say 30-year-old Terrin Horton is accused of ...

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A North Carolina man is accused of shooting and killing another man outside a small airport. Citing a Greenville police release, news outlets report 52-year-old Joseph Pate died at the scene outside Pitt-Greenville Airport early Sunday. Airport Director Betty Stansbury ...

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