Free Newsletter
Proposal would curb mask-wearing at protests
RALEIGH — People wearing a mask during protests in North Carolina could face extra penalties if arrested, under proposed legislation that critics say could make it illegal to wear a […]
New law allows death penalty for child rape
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled Statehouse championed amid concerns that the U.S. Supreme […]
Party recommendation on Senate vacancy approved
Raleigh (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly has decided new restrictions should be placed upon North Carolina’s governor when the governor names someone to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat […]
NC police could get access to painkiller prescription data
RALEIGH (AP) A proposal in North Carolina’s legislature would let law officers access a statewide database recording who is prescribing controlled drugs from morphine to codeine. The move is part […]
Rape kit tracking system advances at NC legislature
RALEIGH (AP) Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have advanced legislation creating a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits. Identical bills receiving Senate approval and tentative House […]
Sexual-assault kit tracking bill OK’d by Senate committee
RALEIGH (AP) A bill establishing a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits so victims can follow them through the process got approval June 5 from one North Carolina legislative […]
Bill prevents primary losers from running in new parties
RALEIGH (AP) Some North Carolina legislators think it’s wrong that a primary election could switch and run in November as the nominee of a new political party. The House approved […]
The LegalZoom Zone
Representatives of LegalZoom.com, a popular self-help legal website, and the North Carolina State Bar cannot seem to agree on the ramifications of a pending bill that would tweak the statutory definition of what it means to practice law in this state, despite the fact that both camps had a hand in crafting the legislation.
New, old ways to elect state appellate judges advance in House
Legislators on Monday supported both old and new ways for North Carolina appellate court judges to earn eight-year terms on the bench.
Bill raises penalties related to group-home abuse
A bill designed to better protect group-home residents from abuse and report violence against clients has won unanimous approval in the state Senate.
State bills would limit access to officer body camera videos
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State legislators are pushing to make it much harder to release police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use […]
Legislator attempts to allay police-citizen conflict
Recent violent confrontations involving police and citizens in other states have raised interest in a bill that would address potential racial or ethnic profiling by law enforcement in North Carolina.
Top Legal News
- More states join legal challenge to Nexstar, Tegna merger
- Premature settlement may bar underinsured motorist coverage
- Attorney who led beagle farm raid says case will be ‘test for our legal system’
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- Revocation sentence vacated for failure to address mitigation argument
- US Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act
- UNC tennis star Brantmeier settles with NCAA for $2 million over pre-college prize money rules
- NC Democratic lawmakers unveil bill to protect students from ICE and Border Patrol
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy to take over Custody Advocacy Program for children in high-conflict cases
- Group pleading defeats deliberate indifference claim against detention officers
- ‘Homewrecker’ lawsuits are legal in North Carolina. Here’s how it works
Commentary
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
- Your best people are not leaving for more money — they are leaving because you stopped paying attention
- Best at Work Insights: The choice we’re making about AI
- New life for the noncompete
- 2026: The year of tech, both heroes and villains
- Beyond burnout: The case for workplaces where people thrive
- The December question every leader should anticipate
- How do parent corporations deal with Workers’ Compensation?
- Best at Work Insights: Don’t Import 996: Why America Should Reject Overwork Culture
- Law ‘n History: The beer, scandal and haunted mansion of the Lemp dynasty
