On May 5, the Charlotte office of Fisher & Phillips will host its annual seminar, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – One Day, Many Solutions.” The seminar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ...

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Something curious is happening with the number of employment discrimination filings in North Carolina: They’re going down. The number of people filing charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that they had been discriminated against by their employer, ...

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The N.C. Department of Justice filed an answer last week on Peter S. Gilchrist's behalf in a suit brought against the former Mecklenburg County district attorney in December by Sean P. Smith (pictured), an assistant D.A. Gilchrist fired last year. In his answer, Gilchrist denied that he "acted outside the scope of his official duties" or is subject to any personal liability. He denied violating Smith's rights. Smith, who is now a district court judge, alleged that Gilchrist violated his state and federal constitutional rights when Gilchrist fired him last July after the former assistant prosecutor gave an interview on Charlotte's FOX affiliate that Smith said angered Gilchrist.

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A 46-year-old Alexander County emergency medical services supervisor who was demoted when his team failed to meet a targeted response time has a triable case of age discrimination, a federal judge ruled late last month. The case, Fox v. Alexander County, has drawn national attention among labor lawyers because the plaintiff survived a summary-judgment motion from the employer - an unusual event in federal court. "It's pretty noteworthy," said the plaintiff's attorney, Joshua Van Kampen (pictured). "The employer-discrimination firms are very adept at getting these cases dismissed."

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Who's the next potential U.S. Supreme Court justice on Obama's list? Why does your firm need a social media policy - and an employee handbook? You will find the answers to these questions and more in this year's edition of "20 Things Lawyers Need to Know," complied by Lawyers USA, Lawyers Weekly's national sister paper. From the hottest technology tools to the latest tips for marketing your practice, we give you the insight you need to run a better law practice in the year ahead.

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By ED POLL, Special to Lawyers Weekly   [email protected]   A coaching client recently asked for help with a new hiring dilemma. An excellent candidate for the law firm’s staff supervisor position turned out to have had a close working ...

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By SYLVIA HSIEH, Lawyers USA, the national sister paper of Lawyers Weekly [email protected]   When it comes time to firing a legal assistant, many small-firm and solo attorneys are making mistakes that can come back to haunt them later on. ...

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By ED POLL, Special to Lawyers Weekly [email protected]   In a recent column we wrote about a Texas lawyer who successfully sued his new firm, alleging that he was “lured” away as a lateral hire from his previous firm only ...

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UGL UNICCO v. Local Lodge # 2541. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-02-0724, 5 pp.) (Terrence W. Boyle, J.) E.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff’s unionized workforce performs maintenance services at facilities owned by other entities. A union worker was banned from the facility where ...

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It's the eve of trial and you've just determined that a key witness lied to you. You built your defense assuming the witness was truthful. You would have settled the case months (and thousands of dollars) ago had you known then what you know now. Sound familiar?

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