North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Tom Buckley has joined Goldberg Segalla as a partner in firm’s general liability practice group in Raleigh. Buckley represents businesses in complex commercial litigation matters and was previously with Hedrick Gardner in Raleigh. Allegra Sinclair has also joined Goldberg Segalla, ...
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Mecklenburg county jail eases rules for teens in solitary
A North Carolina county jail has eased restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds held in solitary confinement. The Charlotte Observer reports that Mecklenburg County still holds youths in solitary confinement, despite 2016 bans on the practice for youths in federal custody ...
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Read More »US House approves $1.7 billion in disaster aid for Carolinas
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover from recent natural disasters. The aid was added to legislation to keep Federal Aviation Administration programs running beyond month’s ...
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Read More »Uber to pay NC $3.66 million over data breach 
Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to state governments throughout the country–of which $3.66 million will be paid to North Carolina–as part of a settlement agreement announced Sept. 26. The ride-hailing company will also increase data security to adhere ...
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Read More »Ernst & Young faces 2nd sexual harassment complaint from former NC employee
Ernst & Young was slapped Monday with a second sexual harassment complaint in less than year describing a culture of discrimination and lewd behavior toward women at the accounting company. Karen Ward, a former partner with EY, said her supervisor ...
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Read More »State: N Carolina prison inmates coordinated disturbances
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is looking into what it says was coordinated acts of disobedience by prisoners at a correctional center. Department spokesman Jerry Higgins tells The Asheville Citizen-Times that Craggy Correctional Center inmates on Saturday set ...
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Read More »Florence: Evacuations continue as North Carolina rivers rise
Hurricane Florence is by no means done with the Carolinas, where some rivers are still rising and thousands of people were told to plan to leave their homes on Monday before rivers reach their crest. About 6,000 to 8,000 people ...
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Read More »After Florence’s ferocity, exhaustion sets in on Wilmington
The sun rises blazing hot over Wilmington, and the line for ice is shorter than it was the day before. The lines across town for tarps and bottled water have dwindled, as well, and Brian Gray takes that as a ...
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Read More »Florence death toll climbs to 37; Trump visits stricken area
The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of ...
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Read More »Humor and anger in the courtroom
It’s easy to make missteps when navigating the complex environment of the courtroom. That’s especially true for matters involving pure judgment calls, such as the right tone to adopt with witnesses and the jury. Two potentially treacherous areas that ...
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