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Introducing North Carolina’s newest lawyers
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly would like to congratulate each of the bar applicants who passed the February 2021 North Carolina bar exam. The following names were provided by the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners to recognize those who passed this year’s exam. Applicants who were successful on the February 2021 exam but have not […]
Moore & Van Allen is new No. 1 on North Carolina’s Largest Law Firms list
A growth spurt over the last year has propelled Moore & Van Allen to the top spot in the North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s roster of the largest law firm in the state. Moore & Van Allen added 28 attorneys last year to increase its headcount to 299 and overtake Womble Bond Dickinson, which has been […]
North Carolina Largest Law Firms 2021
1. Moore & Van Allen 100 N. Tryon Street, Suite 4700 Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 331-1000 www.mvalaw.com 299 attorneys Members: 155 Associates: 95 Of counsel: 40 Other attorneys: 9 North Carolina offices: Charlotte (299) 2. Womble Bond Dickinson One W. Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 721-3600 www.womblebonddickinson.com/us 271 attorneys Partners: 131 Associates: 59 […]
$95.5M judgment against Walmart overturned on appeal
Nearly three years after a federal jury found that Walmart had infringed a competitor’s trademark in marketing its line of barbecue grills, an appeals court has determined that the trial wasn’t well done. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a nearly $100 million judgment against the mega-retailer, saying that the jury’s instructions […]
Alliance looks to promote racial justice in the law
Looking to advance racial equity and help reconstruct a deeply imbalanced system, nearly 300 law firms across the country have joined the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, a collaborative, pro bono project formed last summer after several events sparked nationwide protests about racial injustice. Many of North Carolina’s largest law firms, including Nelson Mullins, Ogletree Deakins, […]
Smooth move: First-ever remote bar exam gets high marks
When the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners announced that it would organize the state’s first ever remotely-conducted bar exam this February, exam-takers had to grapple with all kinds of questions. How is this thing going to work? How will it affect pass rates? Do any of the neighbors in my apartment building like to […]
Retailer can’t compel arbitration based on third-party contract
A retail chain referenced in a credit card agreement between a bank and the store’s customer can’t compel arbitration as a third-party beneficiary to the contract, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled, the latest turn in a case that was sent back down to the state’s courts after a narrowly divided […]
District attorney sued in heart balm lawsuit
The elected district attorney for Bladen, Brunswick, and Columbus counties has been named as the defendant in a civil lawsuit alleging that he seduced and had a sexual relationship with a married former Bladen County Commissioner, according to court records obtained by Lawyers Weekly. A complaint filed in December 2020 alleges that District Attorney Jon […]
Housing authority had to give tenant reasons for eviction
A public housing authority that simply cited a vaguely-worded clause in a tenant’s lease as grounds for her eviction failed to give her legally sufficient notice of the specific reasons for the eviction, the North Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously ruled. The tenant’s attorneys say that the ruling, which overturns a 2019 ruling by […]
Defendant didn’t violate plea bargain by showing up late
A Johnston County man who had his plea bargain rescinded and got more than three years tacked onto his prison sentence because he was a bit more than an hour late for his sentencing hearing will have his plea bargain reinstated after the North Carolina Court of Appeals unanimously decided that the minor tardiness didn’t […]
Subcontractor can’t get credit thanks to collateral source rule
A subcontractor that was held liable in tort for damages it had caused on a construction project was correctly denied a credit for payments that had been made to the general contractor by a different subcontractor because of the collateral source rule, a unanimous panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled […]
Rate-ful 8 could hand judgment debtors hefty interest bills
Interest rates are currently at historic lows for almost every type of debt, and figure to remain there for quite some time. But there’s one exception to the new low-interest world. In North Carolina pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rates for judgment debtors remain fixed by statute at 8 percent, as they’ve been since 1980, […]
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- Two more bills draw vetoes by Cooper
- Police chief who led newspaper raid resigns
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- Insurance appeal dismissed after intervening settlement
- Supreme Court opens new term today
- Judge blocks 2 provisions in NC abortion law
- Connecticut tightens laws on gun control
- Garland says he’d resign if asked to target Trump
Commentary
- Amotion sees resurgence after almost a decade
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Court’s term was rough on big business
- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
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- A roadmap to attracting, developing, retaining great associates
