Law firms and lawyers that collect information from DMV accident report forms, or purchase the information from third parties, don’t violate the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, a U.S. district judge in North Carolina has ruled in a pair ...
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Two lawsuits filed in North Carolina federal court claim that more than a dozen plaintiffs’ law firms have been violating a federal law that protects personal information on file with state DMVs. The suits raise new questions about what types ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is giving out no-fee voter ID cards at all driver license offices statewide in advance of the 2016 elections. So far, DMV had handed out 1,019 of the cards across ...
Read More »In re Twin County Motorsports, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-1205, 8 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) Appealed from Nash County Superior Court (Frank Brown, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: A non-lawyer only engages ...
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Read More »In re Jerry’s Shell, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-1190, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (Richard Doughton, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: For the reasons stated in In ...
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Read More »In re Cottrell (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-16-0956, 7 pp.) (Ann Marie Calabria, J.) Appealed from Lincoln County Superior Court (Timothy Kincaid, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The record reveals that the superior court correctly determined that there was sufficient evidence ...
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Four of South Carolina’s most prominent trial lawyers are facing potential liability for millions of dollars in damages in the wake of the June 17 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to broaden the protections afforded personal information compiled by state departments of motor vehicles.
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Sure, there are rules at Department of Motor Vehicles hearings—but no North Carolina Rules of Evidence, now that the Court of Appeals has held that the long-memorized dictates of criminal trials don’t apply to civil revocation hearings. The court did not call the case a question of first impression, but it also did not cite any prior law controlling the issue.
Read More »A power outage at the Raleigh headquarters of the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles has disrupted the agency's services.
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Read More »Lee v. Gore Where the Division of Motor Vehicles did not receive a completed affidavit indicating that petitioner had willfully refused to submit to chemical analysis, DMV lacked authority to revoke petitioner’s driving privileges.
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