North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge has dismissed charges against two students accused of disorderly conduct and defacing a public monument after placing Ku Klux Klan hoods on statues at a Confederate monument. N.C. State students Enzo Niebuhr ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man faces charges of carrying a concealed handgun into North Carolina’s legislative building, which this year implemented airport-style security measures for people seeking to interact with lawmakers. Abraham James Zeiger, 36, of Raleigh was charged ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An attorney who previously led the North Carolina chapter of a group that advocates for Southern secession has been ordered not to handle clients’ money. A Wake County judge filed an order that prohibits Harold Ray ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina school district says a black employee’s workplace harassment lawsuit should be dismissed because she hasn’t been able to point to any institutional racial discrimination. Kimberly Tigner is a career development liaison for the ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman and her boyfriend have been charged in the death of her 1-year-old child. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police statement says 24-year-old Yasmine Danielle Richardson and 23-year-old Daquan Harmon McFadden are charged with felony child ...

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A call from grandma and a call from a scammer can look nearly identical when telephone solicitors mask their real number. So North Carolina lawmakers passed legislation Monday to require callers to use their real name and number or the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial that concluded Friday leaves state judges to decide whether they can identify when politicians go too far in drawing voting districts to their advantage, a judgment the U.S. Supreme Court refused to ...

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TEGA CAY, S.C. (AP) — A city in South Carolina has removed a monument to police officers that included a Bible verse and a prayer after upsetting both religious and secular residents. A Tega Cay resident complained about the religious ...

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Charlotte-based law firm Horack Talley is merging with the regional law firm Offit Kurman, the latest in a string of mergers that have been announced in recent months as local law firms look for ways to stay competitive in an ...

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Epic Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff is seeking an early release from prison after a decade behind bars. The Department of Justice confirmed Wednesday that Madoff has a pending request to get a reduction of the 150-year sentence that a federal ...

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