North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A massive Wilmington drug bust in which New Hanover County Sheriff’s detectives seized what appeared to be 13 pounds of fentanyl just took a bitter turn. Private lab tests recently showed that an alleged $2 million worth of fentanyl that ...

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Sidebar keeps at home an extensive collection of baseball jerseys, cards, and autographed baseballs. His significant other has at times argued that it is, in fact an excessive amount of baseball memorabilia for a fully grown man to own and ...

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An inmate at the New Hanover County Detention Facility claims that he is being forced to drink contaminated water while awaiting trial. According to news reports, 27-year-old Damian Gore has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the water being provided ...

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It may not be “The Staircase,” but another controversial North Carolina murder conviction is back in the news, with defense attorneys contending that police failed to investigate potential alternative suspects in an infamous 2008 killing. Mark Carver was convicted of ...

North Carolina-based Creative Recycling Systems recently played a role in a lawsuit brought over antiquated computer monitors and cathode ray tube television sets. According to an Aiken Standard article, the lawsuit was brought by Carolina Pines LLC, which owned a ...

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A Raleigh-area auto mechanic was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison followed by a year of supervised release for pretending to be a U.S. Army general and piloting a helicopter, all to impress a married female employee, according to ...

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Does North Carolina’s constitution enshrine a right to drive four-wheelers on the beach free of charge? One Virginia group is suing to find out. The Virginia Four Wheel Drive Association has sued Currituck County, seeking a court order to enjoin ...

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Speaking of federal judges serving lifetime appointments, a federal judge in Nebraska has raised controversy after going on a Twitter offensive against a group of law clerks who are working to combat sexual harassment in the federal judiciary. Richard Kopf, ...

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Had a Virginia district court judge made his inappropriate remarks before a jury, Edward Kehoe might very well be a free man. Alas, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that since the race-based comments came during a ...

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In last week’s paper, Lawyers Weekly covered a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed before the voters this fall that would strip the governor (currently a Democrat) of the power to fill vacancies in the state’s judiciary and transfer the ...

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