North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Judges and justices of North Carolina’s courts are sworn to be independent of partisan politics and to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.   Some are saying state Supreme Court ...

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A full North Carolina Industrial Commission may reconsider evidence before the deputy commissioner, receive additional evidence and amend the deputy commissioner’s award where it finds “good ground” to do so, the state’s Court of Appeals has held in a case ...

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A prison inmate who received $100 in compensation for losing the use of 10 law books he alleged were negligently destroyed by a prison official may have a chance to receive full compensation for their actual value, the N.C. Court ...

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A charging document in a juvenile action for extortion need not specifically identify the alleged victim for a trial court to have jurisdiction, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in a matter of first impression.   In its April ...

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A woman serving 19 years in prison for killing her paramour inside her bedroom will get a new trial after the North Carolina Court of Appeals unanimously determined that the trial court erred by instructing the jury on the aggressor ...

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A trial court did not abuse its discretion in disqualifying an attorney from appearing on behalf of himself or his law firm, both named as defendants in a legal malpractice action, a unanimous panel of the North Carolina Court of ...

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By Nicholas A. Hurston  Where a claimant’s defamation suit was dismissed with a warning that further frivolous pleadings might justify sanctions, her subsequently filed claims based on new conduct were not frivolous and did not warrant sanctions.  The 4th U.S. ...

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By Nicholas A. Hurston  The Board of Immigration Appeals, or BIA, erred when it found a petitioner ineligible for waiver of removal because his U.S. citizen father was no longer living, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.  ...

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A discovery order that would have barred attorneys from being physically present with their clients during remotely-conducted depositions was a violation of the litigants’ due process right to the assistance of counsel, a divided panel of the North Carolina Court ...

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Minority and underserved populations in Charlotte have a straighter path to justice and prosperity thanks to the efforts of Kimberly Zirkle, a member at Moore and Van Allen of Charlotte, and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year. ...

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