North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched voting rights dispute from Arizona is among five cases standing between the Supreme Court and its summer break. But even before the justices wrap up their ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the case of the cursing cheerleader, the Supreme Court notched a victory for the free speech rights of students Wednesday, siding with a high school student whose vulgar social media post got her kicked off the ...

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The North Carolina Bar Association has elected leaders to helm the organization for the 2021-2022 year. Jon Heyl of Charlotte was installed as the 127th president of the NCBA on June 18, succeeding Mark Holt of Raleigh. Heyl will also ...

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice has selected a new slate of leaders for one year-terms that will begin on July 1, the organization has announced. John McCabe of Cary will serve as the 47th president of the NCAJ, the ...

President Joe Biden has nominated a Durham attorney to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. Hampton Dellinger, whose nomination was announced by the White House on June 18, is a former deputy attorney general ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that the NCAA can’t enforce rules limiting education-related benefits — like computers and paid internships — that colleges offer to student athletes. The case doesn’t decide whether students can be paid ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as “Obamacare” on Thursday, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with food giants Nestle and Cargill on Thursday and threw out a lawsuit that claimed they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa that used child slave labor. The justices ruled 8-1 ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. The court said ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Timothy Gould as a superior court judge in Judicial District 19C (Rowan County) and Cull Jordan III as a district court judge in Judicial District 12 (Cumberland County). Gould will fill the seat vacated by ...