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The solitude of a deer stand has an appeal an overworked lawyer can appreciate. (Depositphotos.com)
Dec 23, 2024

Deer season or mediation season?

By Spencer Farris It is taxing to transition from a weekend in a deer stand to being back in the office. One has an uncomfortable seat with long, boring lulls […]

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the city of Charlotte breached an agreement with a firefighter when the city failed to count a settlement payment to the firefighter as pension-eligible wages. (Depositphotos.com)
Dec 10, 2024

4th Circuit: City breached settlement agreement

Where the city of Charlotte resolved an employment discrimination suit with a firefighter but it failed to treat the employee’s payment as pension-eligible wages, it breached the agreement. The payment […]

Gov. Roy Cooper has named two judges to the District Court bench, one serving Judicial District 27 in Rowan County and the other in Judicial District 43, covering Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties. (Associated Press file)
Aug 7, 2024

Governor names 2 to District Court bench

Gov. Roy Cooper appointed B. Ashley Andrews and Kristy L. Parton as District Court judges in Piedmont and Western North Carolina, respectively.

The North Carolina Business Court handed down a ruling Friday that stays all discovery and court-related work in the Atlantic Coast Conference's lawsuit against the school.
Apr 23, 2024

Judge orders Florida State, ACC into mediation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Tallahassee judge has ordered Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to enter mediation in hopes of settling a high-profile lawsuit that could dramatically impact the […]

Apr 20, 2018

Asheville mediator honored posthumously

Barbara Ann Davis of Asheville was honored posthumously March 16 as the 2018 Dispute Resolution Section of the NC Bar Association’s Peace Award winner. Davis’s colleague Sarah Corley accepted the […]


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