In 2014, Chad McGowan, an attorney with McGowan, Hood & Felder, which has offices in Charlotte and Rock Hill, South Carolina, spent his days representing the state of South Carolina in an intense antitrust case. At night he took care ...
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Read More »Had a Virginia district court judge made his inappropriate remarks before a jury, Edward Kehoe might very well be a free man. Alas, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that since the race-based comments came during a ...
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Read More »Small brewers challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina’s beer distribution laws likely feel refreshed this week, as their lawyers have obtained a recording of a beer distributor caught on tape using the leverage afforded by the state’s laws to put ...
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Read More »RALEIGH (AP) Craft brewers in a froth over a North Carolina law requiring beer-makers to hand over substantial control of their product to an outside company on May 15 sought communications involving one of the state’s most powerful political interest groups. ...
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Read More »RALEIGH (AP) Once a North Carolina brewer sells about enough beer to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in any given year, state law says it must hand over distribution to another company. Attorneys for two growing craft breweries argued March 20 ...
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Read More »In America, freedom is not only cherished and appreciated, but expected. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly — these are rights bestowed upon every American and they do not expire. But what good is freedom if a ...
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Read More »The case of a former Wayne County Superior Court judge who was busted bribing a federal agent with beer in exchange for private text messages is nearing an end. Arnold Jones pleaded guilty in March to a felony charge of ...
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The former Wayne County Superior Court judge who was convicted of bribing a federal agent with beer and cash will get a new day in court. In the wake of his conviction, Arnold Jones, who was facing several decades in ...
Read More »The North Carolina Governor’s Inaugural Ball, scheduled to take place Jan. 7, after Sidebar went to press, is traditionally a celebration not just of politicians, but of the charms of the Old North State itself. In keeping up with the ...
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It took a jury about 30 minutes to convict former Wayne County Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones of bribing a federal agent with beer and cash. Now, Jones is pushing for a new trial based on his assertions that his ...
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