North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Margaret Rosenfeld and Amy Wallace have joined K&L Gates as partners in the firm’s Raleigh office. They join the firm’s corporate/M&A and capital markets practices, respectively, and come to the firm from Smith Anderson, where Rosenfeld led its blockchain technology, ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin made six appointments to the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission on Feb. 27. Martin named Seth Edwards, district attorney for Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrell and Washington counties; Ashley Welch, district attorney for ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges can’t rule from beyond the grave, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a federal court can’t count the vote of a judge who died in a ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to rule that a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional, but shy away from a sweeping ruling. The case the justices heard arguments in is being ...

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The North Carolina House has once again approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit private entities from harnessing the government’s power of eminent domain. The proposed amendment would provide that “Private property shall not be taken by eminent domain ...

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North Carolina’s legislature has repealed a law that would have caused the state’s Court of Appeals to lose three of its 15 judges. Gov. Roy Cooper signed the bill, SB 75, into law Feb. 27, the same day that it ...

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The North Carolina Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would prevent the North Carolina Court of Appeals from losing three of its 15 seats, which is currently set to begin happening by March 31. Senate Bill 75 would strike ...

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The ranks of the lawyer-legislators in the General Assembly increased slightly in both chambers for the new 2019-2020 session, according to an analysis by the North Carolina State Bar’s legislative committee. There are 14 attorneys in the Senate this session, ...

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The North Carolina Bar Foundation will present its 12th annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day on March 1. North Carolina attorneys will be volunteering to answer phones at six call centers across the state, each supported by a local television partner, ...

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House legislators reintroduced a bill Feb. 13, which, if passed, would eliminate fees currently required to view federal court documents online. The Electronic Court Records Reform Act is an effort to make it easier for members of the public to ...

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