North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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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The Little Linguists Language Academy in Boone had a problem—neighbors were using the circular gravel driveway in front of the school as a cut-through road. The academy’s owners, Daniel and Carroll Olson, concerned about the safety of their students, remedied ...

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Back in April, Sidebar went on a bit of a Twitter rant after the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism heard a presentation during one of its quarterly meetings from a purported expert, on the topic of how millennials ...

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Like Sidebar and everyone else, you probably saw that survey released this week proclaiming Raleigh to be America’s best city to drive in. Yeah, look … about that. This Sidebar reporter is Lawyers Weekly’s Raleigh bureau chief and drives in ...

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For the want of a nail the shoe was lost. For the want of a shoe the horse was lost. For the want of a horse the rider was lost. For the want of a rider the battle was lost. ...

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Jimmy Lee Forte Jr. just would not be quiet. According to records, he interrupted his court-appointed lawyer and the trial judge so often that the court found that he involuntarily forfeited his right to counsel. Leading his own defense, and ...

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When pirates invade Beaufort in August, the town’s most prominent swashbuckler won’t be taking part in the festivities—because he’s refusing to walk the plank of bureaucracy.

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When the North Carolina Supreme Court comes to town for a special session, you do what needs to be done to make sure the justices are comfortable. In Buncombe County, that meant expanding the bench inside the 90-year-old courthouse in Asheville ahead of the seven justices’ arrival on May 16. The bench in question has three seats for the judge, clerk and a testifying witness.

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