North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

May 12, 2026

Political commentary not directed at candidate cannot support no-contact order

The North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a civil no-contact order entered against the defendant after concluding that online criticism of a local political candidate did not amount to […]

Jan 7, 2026

US appeals court appears skeptical of Meta, social media companies’ bid to cut off addiction lawsuits

A U.S. appeals court on Jan. 6 appeared inclined to allow lawsuits alleging major social media platforms were designed to be addictive for young users to proceed, as several judges […]

Feb 13, 2025

NC man pleads guilty to terrorism-related charge

WILMINGTON — A Durham man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday after officials say he tried to board an overseas flight to join the Islamic State group last year. Authorities […]

Aug 13, 2024

Analysis: Bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. John Lynch University of Colorado Boulder and Jean-Pierre Dubé University of Chicago Orion Brown […]

May 31, 2024

Court sentences man in threats against state senator

RALEIGH — An Ohio man received supervised probation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a North Carolina state senator in a social media message last year. Nicolas Alan Daniels, […]

Apr 1, 2020

Facebook rant against DA wasn’t a ‘true threat’

Applying an anti-threat statute to convict a defendant who published Facebook posts about a local district attorney violated the poster’s First Amendment rights, the North Carolina Court of Appeals […]

Mar 26, 2020

Did not like: Fake Facebook postings result in $200K verdict

A Mecklenburg County jury has awarded $200,000 to a man whose neighbor waged a campaign of harassment against him that included enlisting friends to leave poor reviews on his businesses’ […]

Dec 10, 2019

Unique sentence upheld after man livestreams court case

A punishment handed down to a Macon County man who streamed court proceedings on Facebook will stand–including a requirement that he write an essay about respecting the court system, […]

May 3, 2018

NC democrats file complaint over Facebook data

North Carolina’s Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint about work performed by Cambridge Analytica for the campaign of Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. Cambridge Analytica has been accused of […]

Jun 29, 2016

Labor & Employment – Unemployment Compensation – Rules Violation – Facebook Post – Conditional Threat – Standard of Review

Whichard v. CH Mortgage Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-136-16, 10 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (Lindsay Davis Jr., J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: An […]

Oct 7, 2014

Drug agency sued over its fake Facebook account

The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into revealing incriminating drug secrets.

Apr 25, 2014

Facebook impostors a real (but manageable) risk

It’s the stuff of science-fiction films: You wake up to find that there’s an impostor on the loose. The impostor looks just like you and is pretending to be you, […]