The amount of solar power that bombards the Earth each hour is more than what the entire world consumes in a year. In a world of rising carbon emissions, harnessing more of that abundant power would be useful. But capturing ...
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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has issued a new order further extending the postponement of court proceedings, the North Carolina Judicial Branch announced on April 2. The new order contains seven emergency directives. It postpones court proceedings ...
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As the gravity of the COVID-19 threat grew, North Carolina’s law schools ordered students out of the classrooms and into living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and wherever else they could find a quiet, solitary place to connect online with their classmates ...
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Worried parents who want reassurance regarding how to handle shared custody arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic are bombarding North Carolina family law attorneys with questions. Their advice: Follow orders, both those from family law judges and those from Gov. Roy ...
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Applying an anti-threat statute to convict a defendant who published Facebook posts about a local district attorney violated the poster’s First Amendment rights, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, vacating his conviction. Unhappy with Macon County District ...
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Even in the best of times, the grind of preparing for the bar exam is often one of the most harrowing ordeals of a young lawyer’s career. These are, of course, not the best of times, and the students preparing ...
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A driver of a moped who was injured after he was hit by a car that failed to yield to him at a stoplight has confidentially settled his dispute with the at-fault driver for $1.2 million, his attorney reports. ...
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By MAURA MAZUROWSKI and DAVID DONOVAN The U.S. government has taken an unprecedented step in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, passing the first ever paid sick leave law in the nation’s history. Now attorneys have to quickly figure ...
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A Mecklenburg County jury has awarded $200,000 to a man whose neighbor waged a campaign of harassment against him that included enlisting friends to leave poor reviews on his businesses’ Facebook page and posting a personal ad offering massages that ...
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A man convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child in Gaston County has had his conviction tossed out after the North Carolina Court of Appeals rather begrudgingly ruled that the trial judge committed error by denying the jury’s ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
