North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Kingsdown, Inc. v. Hinshaw (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0295, 20 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2015 NCBC 27 Holding: A law firm is disqualified from representing its long-time corporate client in the corporation’s lawsuit against its CEO because lawyers from the ...

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Professional Massage Training Center Inc. v. Accreditation Alliance of Career Schools & Colleges (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0292, 44 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 14-1086, March 24, 2015; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (O’Grady, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In reviewing a professional accreditation ...

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Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. von Drehle Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0294, 53 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 13-2003, March 30, 2015; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In Georgia-Pacific’s suit against defendant manufacturer of a cheaper paper ...

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Johnson v. American Towers LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0293, 29 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 13-1872, March 25, 2015; USDC at Columbia, S.C. (Currie, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A South Carolina prison guard who was shot in his home allegedly on ...

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Conner v. Duncan (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0291, 10 pp.) (Joi Elizabeth Peake, USMJ) 1:12-cv-00092; M.D.N.C. Holding: Although plaintiff is an inmate of a prison in Pennsylvania, he is still considered a resident of Virginia. Where the Virginia corporation plaintiff named ...

Tagged with: Unauthorized Practice of Law

Adams v. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0289, 30 pp.) (L. Patrick Auld, USMJ) 1:12-cv-00286; M.D.N.C. Holding: The court agrees with the Eleventh Circuit (Walthour v. Chipio Windshield Repair, LLC, 745 F.3d 1326, (11th Cir.) cert. denied, 134 ...

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Thompkins v. Key Health Medical Solutions, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0290, 24 pp.) (Joi Elizabeth Peake, USMJ) 1:12-cv-00613; M.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiffs allege that defendant (1) lends or advances money to or on behalf of individuals who – like plaintiffs – ...

Rehberg v. Flowers Baking Co. of Jamestown, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-04-0277, 37 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 3:12-cv-00596; W.D.N.C. Holding: Although defendants require their distributors to sign independent contractor agreements, plaintiff Mario Ronchetti alleges that defendants exert significant control ...

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Dickinson v. University of North Carolina (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0288, 28 pp.) (Thomas Schroeder, J.) 1:14-cv-00412; M.D.N.C. Holding: Since plaintiff might not have been considered disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act before Congress amended the ADA in 2008, plaintiff ...

Cathey v. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-03-0287, 32 pp.) (Thomas Schroeder, J.) 1:13-cv-00543; M.D.N.C. Holding: Where the defendant-employer required plaintiff to take her Spanish language proficiency test over the telephone, but where the telephone provided ...