North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A group of more than 60 North Carolina attorneys is asking state government officials to remove Confederate monuments from important public spaces, arguing that a state law that prohibits local governments from removing such monuments violates federal law and the ...

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina prison officials released a plan On June 18 to test all of its inmates and staff members for the coronavirus, following a court mandate ordering the state to release a proposal for universal testing by June 22. It ...

A Caldwell County court employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts reported on June 18. All court employees in the courthouse have been tested as a precaution. “The courthouse has been sanitized and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Immigrants who are part of the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) will retain their protection from ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation allowing North Carolina judges to sentence non-violent drug traffickers below mandatory minimum sentence lengths and fines in some situations received final General Assembly approval on June 17. The House voted unanimously for the First Step Act, ...

  After the North Carolina Supreme Court streamed and completed its inaugural oral argument hearing via Webex on YouTube on June 15, a commenter wrote simply, “We are watching history.” Webex hearings became common in North Carolina’s district and superior ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has finalized bipartisan legislation that will allow more people to get their criminal records cleared of lower-level criminal convictions and dismissed charges. The Senate gave unanimous approval to the “Second Chance Act,” ...

In a victory for animal rights activists, a federal judge has thrown out portions of a North Carolina law designed to discourage undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or footage. Several groups sued state officials for ...

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a ...

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Driven by a rare urgency, Senate Republicans are poised to unveil an extensive package of policing changes that includes new restrictions on police chokeholds and other practices as President Donald Trump signals his support following the mass demonstrations over the ...

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