North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A store owner who had held a right of first refusal to purchase the shop from which it operated lost that right when it failed to renew its multi-year lease and the lease reverted to a year-to-year tenancy by law, ...

A Candler attorney engaged in a well-publicized battle with the North Carolina State Bar has been held in contempt of court and sentenced to 48 hours in jail for failing to comply with a court order instructing him to answer ...

Tagged with: N.C. State Bar

  A teen who was permanently and totally disabled in a car wreck while working for his family’s business has settled a workers’ compensation claim for $3.85 million, his attorney reports. Matthew Sullivan of White and Allen in Kinston represented ...

Tagged with: Workers Compensation

  Part of the joy of reading or watching Game of Thrones is that developments that seem relatively minor at the time often prove to be unexpectedly important as the story unfolds. The writings of lawmakers can likewise sometimes prove ...

Tagged with: opportunity zones

The widow of 65-year-old man who died in a wreck with a pizza delivery driver has settled a lawsuit for $1.3 million, her attorney reports. Matt Yelverton of Yelverton Litigators in Charleston, South Carolina reports that the victim, Raymond Russell ...

  George Daniel is a small town attorney working in Yanceyville. His four-attorney firm, Daniel Thomas, is typical of many firms its size in that a large part of Daniel’s time, as managing partner, goes toward administrative tasks. He said ...

Tagged with: Business

  A North Carolina law that prohibits corporations from engaging in the practice of law has survived a constitutional challenge brought by a trade association that had been seeking to provide legal services to its members. The 4th U.S. Circuit ...

Tagged with: Unauthorized Practice of Law

  Marshall Wall of Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog in Raleigh woke up on a recent Saturday morning to find emails from his colleagues, inquiring about an email he had ostensibly sent them. “Hello,” the email said. “I have a request ...

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  A film festival’s use of a stylized photo of a Washington D.C. neighborhood known for its vibrant nightlife was not a fair use that protected the festival from lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Tagged with: Copyright

  The family of a 17-year-old girl who committed suicide while being held at the Durham County Detention Center has settled a lawsuit for $650,000 and the promise of sweeping changes designed to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the ...