North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

If there are any pro wrestling aficionados among you, you may agree with me that ABC Services v. Wheatly Boys sounds a little like a tag-team matchup. Think The Nasty Boys. The Dudley Boyz. Think The Corporation vs. The Hardy ...

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DotSucks has been stirring things up since at least 2015, when Fortune magazine called it “the most controversial domain name on the internet.” Back then, the company behind www.get.sucks, Vox Populi Registry Ltd., was making headlines for selling .sucks website ...

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Justin Burr, a state representative who championed a series of efforts to aggressively overhaul the state’s judiciary, will not return to the General Assembly next year. His re-election campaign ended May 8 with a decisive loss to a political newcomer ...

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When Larry Moneta, Duke University’s vice president for student affairs, visited a campus coffee shop and ordered a hot tea and a vegan muffin, he didn’t expect to get served with a side of explicit rap lyrics. Hearing some raw ...

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Putting your offices on the penthouse floor of a high-rise tower is a clear signal that your business is riding high figuratively as well as literally. But a new study suggests that while such heights might give you commanding views ...

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A judge in Brunswick County has dismissed animal cruelty charges against a woman accused of hoarding ducks, because the state’s expert veterinarians were no-shows in court. But Cynthia Huber’s not in the clear yet — the local sheriff’s office has ...

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We don’t intend to keep beating a dead horse. Or to kick a law school while it’s defunct. Or to imply that it didn’t produce some outstanding graduates and attorneys. But nearly nine months after the Charlotte School of Law ...

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Sidebar didn’t think this really still needed to be said in 2018, but apparently it does: If you are not actually African-American, do not ever claim, for absolutely any reason at all, to be a “member of the African-American community.” ...

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We don’t intend to keep beating a dead horse. Or to kick a law school while it’s defunct. Or to imply that it didn’t produce some outstanding graduates and attorneys. But nearly nine months after the Charlotte School of Law ...

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Sidebar ponders what Blackbeard would think were he to encounter a modern digital pirate. It seems a safe assumption that he would not think highly of those who download and share files illegally, not because he disagreed with the act ...

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