North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top public health official is warning that the state’s coronavirus numbers are heading in the wrong direction as the state’s Democratic governor considers whether to tighten restrictions ...

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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Controversial Trump administration policies on the census, asylum seekers and the border wall, held illegal by lower courts, are on the Supreme Court’s agenda Friday. The most pressing case ...

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The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued an order amending the state’s Business Court Rules, eliminating a provision that had given parties three extra days to respond to notices served via the state’s e-filing system or by email. Under the ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed several new judges to fill vacancies on the state’s courts, and Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has tapped new chief district court judges in several districts. Christopher Todd Roper and Hathaway S. Pendergrass were named district ...

By LISA MASCARO, MARK SHERMAN and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented herself Wednesday in her final round of Senate confirmation questioning as a judge with a conservative approach and deeply held ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court in North Carolina accuses a former police officer, the city of Statesville and a local board of education of violating an autistic boy’s rights after he was handcuffed at school ...

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has announced that the attorneys from Shanahan Law Group in Raleigh will join the firm on Dec. 1. Shanahan Law Group was founded by former federal prosecutor Kieran J. Shanahan in 2001. Other attorneys who ...

By MARK SHERMAN, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked ...

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By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge leveled sharp criticism on Wednesday against a procedure giving North Carolina voters more leeway to fix witness problems on absentee ballots, but declined to immediately rule in a ...

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By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic was high tech: the code behind smartphones. But on Wednesday the Supreme Court looked to more low tech examples, from the typewriter keyboard to restaurant menus, try to resolve an ...

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