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RALEIGH (AP) — An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing. The state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the mother of Robert Eugene ...
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Appeals court upholds fraternity’s dismissal in pledge death
Court: Online free speech rights trump stalking conviction 
RALEIGH (AP) — A man imprisoned for stalking has had his conviction overturned after North Carolina’s Court of Appeals ruled the social media posts underpinning the charges were protected by free speech rights. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday for Brady ...
Read More »Wake Forest president says wrongdoing limited to 1 coach
The president of Wake Forest University says the school was itself a victim of an admissions scheme involving a volleyball coach. University President Nathan Hatch issued a statement Wednesday saying coach William Ferguson, who’s on leave, is the only school ...
Tagged with: Wake Forest University
Read More »Sponsor of NC anti-LGBT bill to run for US House
The sponsor of a North Carolina law limiting LGBT rights that led businesses, entertainers and others to boycott the state is running for Congress. State Sen. Dan Bishop of Charlotte filed on Thursday to run in the 9th Congressional District ...
Tagged with: US House of Representatives
Read More »Quandaries and quagmires: The standard of care vs. risk management
A recent opportunity to testify as an expert witness in a big legal malpractice trial inspired this question: “How is the standard of care for legal malpractice related to or affected by risk management and claim avoidance strategies that lawyers ...
Tagged with: risk management
Read More »Using technology to provide value and better serve clients
Legal technology is no longer a new idea, and many firms have embraced “legaltech,” such as document management systems (DMS) and financial systems, for day-to-day operations, and to automate routine aspects of legal work, such as contract management and eDiscovery ...
Read More »Guilford judge sounds off, gets sent off
“Radical transparency” is a hot new trend in tech and political circles, but a Guilford County District Court judge has—perhaps—provided some fairly radical transparency about why he’s just been suspended from the bench. Guilford County District Judge Mark Cummings was ...
Tagged with: allegations
Read More »As self-driving cars zoom ahead, the law is moving slowly
“Car towed (no it didn’t drive itself to the tow yard).” — @CHPSanFrancisco on Twitter The San Francisco division of the California Highway Patrol injected a little humor into its report on an incident involving a semi-autonomous vehicle. The department’s ...
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Read More »Federal judiciary conduct policies amended
The policy-making body of the federal judiciary has approved amendments which clarify what qualifies as judicial misconduct and makes it easier for victims to come forward and report judges’ misdeeds. The changes were approved by the Judicial Conference of the ...
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Read More »North Carolina sued again over transgender rights
North Carolina is being sued again over its treatment of transgender people, as state employees argue that their health plan violated federal law by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures. The new lawsuit comes amid unresolved litigation over North Carolina’s ...
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