A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a jury’s $730,000 award to a Black Secret Service agent unconstitutionally detained by two white U.S. Park Police officers during a traffic stop as he waited to accompany a Cabinet secretary’s motorcade in Maryland. ...
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In the late night of Jan. 7, 2019, a fire explosion caused significant injury to two employees of an independently contracted janitorial team, Alvin Spencer and Frederick Avery, after being directed to clean grout with a flammable solvent by their ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce its Power List for business defense. The Power List program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. These attorneys are experts in their field, known for their expertise and accomplishments. Upcoming ...
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A Wake County mother and child were injured during a collision with a drunk driver. The plaintiffs have settled their claims against the driver and the establishments that served him for $2.51 million, the plaintiff’s attorneys, Winston Kirby and Andrew ...
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On Aug. 4, 2021, the defendant was driving a commercial dump truck on Moores Chapel Road in Mecklenburg County. According to the plaintiff counsel, Ronard Dixon, the defendant’s dump truck veered off the right side of the road and then made ...
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Swain Wood, who served as the first assistant attorney general of North Carolina, supervising the civil, criminal, multistate and appellate legal work of the Department of Justice under Josh Stein since 2017, recently rejoined Morningstar Law Group as a partner. ...
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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the Leaders in the Law Class of 2023. “Leaders in the Law” is an annual award that celebrates those lawyers who are setting the standard for other lawyers. Leaders’ accomplishments include outstanding ...
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After nearly 30 years as a litigation attorney, Clark Goodman decided to hang up his attorney cap, and switch into the world of legal recruiting for the national firm, Latitude, when it launched a Charlotte office in January 2023. Goodman, ...
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Hand in hand with his mother, 3-year-old Spencer Merriweather marched in protest of the brutal lynching of Michael Donald, in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. “The Klan picked him up in the middle of the night,” Merriweather said. “They beat ...
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By Nick Hurston Cybersquatters may violate federal law even if they aren’t the original registrants of the challenged domain, according to a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a matter of first impression, the Fourth Circuit ...
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