By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The extremely close race for North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice will have a recount, as incumbent Cheri Beasley on Tuesday formally asked for one while challenger Paul Newby holds ...
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Read More »A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase. Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% ...
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Read More »BY BRIAN J. CARNEY BridgeTower Media Newswires I once tried a case during which a paperclip fell from counsel table and landed on top of an upside-down electrical power outlet, creating a small spark near my feet that blew out ...
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Read More »The North Carolina State Bar’s CLE Board has proposed a new mandatory CLE requirement for all lawyers in the area of Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias training. The State Bar Council voted to publish the proposal for comment during ...
Read More »A coalition of racial justice groups is suing Gaston County and its board of commissioners to have a Confederate monument removed from the main entrance of the county’s courthouse, arguing that the monument’s presence violates the state’s constitution—a suit that ...
Read More »PHILADELPHIA (AP) — During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud from among the 592 ballots ...
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Read More »BY MARC GUSTAFSON In the time of COVID-19 it seems particularly odd to compare the practice of law with running a marathon, but with virtual racing as prevalent as virtual hearings, maybe the comparison isn’t all that big of a ...
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Read More »Superior court sessions at the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville are postponed until Nov. 15 due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced Nov. 9. Pitt County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Marvin Blount said the ...
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Read More »Sidebar knows that many attorneys are history buffs, and we recently came across a tidbit that’s germane to not only our history, but practice of law in North Carolina as well. It’s well-known in legal circles that Tabitha Anne Holton ...
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Read More »By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult ...
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