Court Rules Drafting North Carolina 
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 24, 2025
Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
In February, the North Carolina Supreme Court (which had a 4-3 Democratic majority) ruled along partisan lines that the new map violated a provision in the state constitution that guarantees free elections. House of Representatives. In its 1932 decision in Smiley v.
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Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Nevertheless, lawyers do not work for free and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provide that lawyers are entitled to earned compensation. The opinions interpreting the ethics rules clearly emphasize that a meeting of the minds at the onset of representation is essential. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No.
Customs & International Trade Law
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Binding Ruling Requests An importer of sports equipment retained Diaz Trade Law (DTL) to submit a binding ruling request to CBP. DTL drafted a persuasive binding ruling request and CBP agreed with DTL’s classification and issued a binding ruling reflecting the proposed HTS classification.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 20, 2023
Lawyers for those legislators told the justices on Monday that although the North Carolina Supreme Court is reconsidering part of its 2022 ruling, the Supreme Court should nonetheless decide the case before it. In December, the justices heard argument in Moore v.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Share In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. The two universities being challenged are Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. SFFA came to the Supreme Court in February 2021, asking the justices to review the 1st Circuit’s ruling. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to weigh in.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Pivotal role at the center of the court During her nearly quarter-century as a justice, O’Connor wrote 645 opinions. In her interview with the Harvard Business Review after leaving the court, she said that “[i]t’s good if you can get agreement among your colleagues” when drafting opinions.
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