North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Oct 17, 2023

High court ruling is defeat for NC ‘ag-gag’ law

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other […]

Jun 14, 2018

Civil Practice – PETA can challenge N.C. employee access law

Animal rights groups sufficiently alleged an injury-in-fact to support their standing to challenge a recent North Carolina statute allowing employers to hold their employees civilly liable for damage caused by […]

Jun 6, 2018

Court restores lawsuit against North Carolina “ag-gag” law

RALEIGH (AP) A federal appeals court is resurrecting a lawsuit by animal-rights groups against a North Carolina law that discourages undercover investigations into conditions at farms and other workplaces. The […]

Jul 5, 2017

Administrative — Court Upholds AWA License Renewal Rules

PETA v. U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-141-17, 19 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 16-2029, June 28, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Dever, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In PETA‘s […]

Oct 1, 2015

Monkey business

From the “End of Days” files: A grinning monkey that is better at taking selfies than most Homo sapiens wants a federal judge to rule that he can copyright his […]

Aug 12, 2014

PETA: Video shows abuse at NC dairy farm

The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking the state to investigate allegations of animal cruelty at a North Carolina farm that supplies milk to a major grocery-store chain.

Mar 14, 2014

Civil Rights – Law Department Email Is Protest ‘Policy’

Ross v. Early (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0235, 56 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 12-2547, March 5, 2014; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir. http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/122547.P.pdf Holding: A policy articulated by […]

Dec 23, 2013

PETA loses fight over New Year’s Eve possum drop

A North Carolina judge on Monday decided he won't second-guess state wildlife regulators, who decided to clear a mountain town's New Year's Eve celebration that includes the lowering of a captured possum at midnight.

Jul 30, 2013

PETA wins legal fees in possum drop suit

A North Carolina judge is ordering a state agency to pay nearly $75,000 in legal fees to an animal rights group trying to stop a community from using a live possum in its New Year's Eve celebration.