Above The Law

JANUARY 8, 2024

The post These North Carolina Paralegals Are Suing For The (Limited) Right To Practice Law appeared first on Above the Law. Should you really need to pass the bar to be able to help someone file for divorce? Probably not.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2025

.” The defendants have been accused of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman and Clayton Acts, that prohibit anti-competitive business practices and unfair monopolies.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday dismissed an appeal regarding the constitutional validity of North Carolina Farm Act 2017. The court noted 95 percent of workers in North Carolina’s large agricultural sector are “Latinx,” and that the provisions in question are of benefit to those workers.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Medical experts from Duke University Wednesday warned that proposed laws targeting LGBTQ+ youth in North Carolina will have harmful effects on mental health and safety in schools. ” Senate Bill 43 would restrict gender-affirming care across the North Carolina, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2022

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling, reports the Associated Press. The law was struck down in March. million registered voters in North Carolina.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Depending on your point of view, there’s either lots new or “not so much” new with law firm ownership. In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. New Developments in Law Firm Ownership. Australia and the United Kingdom already permit outside ownership of law firms. The post What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2021

North Carolina Superior Court Judge Jeff Foster rejected bids on Wednesday to publicly release bodycam footage in the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. Under North Carolina law , while anyone may request for bodycam footage to be released, only a judge may approve that release to the public.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, North Carolina will require psychological screenings of sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers prior to certification or employment in an attempt to educate law enforcement on maintaining good mental health and provide information to officers on mental health resources available to them, reports the Sun Journal.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 3, 2023

“Supreme Court asks for more briefings in major voting rights case in North Carolina”: Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole of CNN have this report. ” And at the “Election Law Blog,” Derek Muller has a post titled “ ‘Final judgment,’ not mootness, at issue in latest Moore v. .”

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2023

North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that would allow residents to buy a handgun without a permit. Roy Cooper obstructing our Constitutional rights, today marks a long overdue victory for law-abiding gun owners in our state. By successfully overriding Gov.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 5, 2022

The post An Exclusive Search For A Volvo Senior Regulatory Counsel Based In North Carolina appeared first on Above the Law. Work for an industry leader with a collaborative culture. Live in an ideally sized, low-cost city.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 28, 2023

Harper after the latest North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the partisan gerrymandering case?” ” Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.” Harper after the latest North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the partisan gerrymandering case?”

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

“Wake court to hear arguments in GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in NC Supreme Court election”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. The Carolina Journal reports that “ Riggs, elections board signal plans to take ballot dispute back to federal court.”

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JUNE 14, 2022

En banc Fourth Circuit affirms federal district court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a North Carolina charter school rule that girls wear skirts: You can access today’s 10-to-6 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“GOP Wins in Partisan High Court Races Has Party Mulling Tweaks; GOP sees court wins in North Carolina, Ohio with party labels; Montana lawmaker pushing to change court election ballots”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

“North Carolina Supreme Court Grants Rehearing in Case Striking Down Congressional Districts as a Partisan Gerrymander, Potentially Mooting U.S. Harper”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” Supreme Court’s Independent State Legislature Case, Moore v.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

“Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case; In a North Carolina case, the court is being asked to decide whether to drastically expand the authority that state legislatures have over election maps and voting laws”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

“Dispute over North Carolina congressional districts tees up major elections case at Supreme Court; The justices will consider whether to endorse a conservative theory that could limit power of state courts to review election-related laws enacted by legislatures”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

Before 2019, North Carolina was the only state in the nation to prosecute 16-year-olds as adults, but as “Raise The Age” was implemented in North Carolina, those alleged to commit crimes that are as old as 19 years old can now face trial as juveniles and 16 and 17-year-olds can no longer automatically be charged as adults. .

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

“‘Spillover’: Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases could affect the workplace next; The high court is considering challenges to the use of race in admission policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina; ‘There absolutely will be spillover,’ a law professor said.”

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The man responsible for a July 1995 pipe-bombing of Business Telecom in North Raleigh, North Carolina, has been resentenced to 450 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after complex changes to the law that impacted his original mandatory life sentence, the USAO for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced on Monday.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 23, 2021

Bout damn time!

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2022

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether two groups of North Carolina employees were denied pay or benefits by the state in violation of a federal employment law and the Constitution. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled for the employees.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2023

A bill currently making its way through the North Carolina General Assembly highlights an ongoing dispute the state’s prosecutors and law enforcement on the process of identifying untrustworthy police officers, Virginia Bridges reports for The News & Observer.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This week, the Hickory Daily Record profiled the police chief of Brookford, North Carolina, as part of a series for Black History Month. Most of us don’t really get into law enforcement, let alone to be the chief,” Armstrong said. Armstrong hopes to expand the force over the next few years. It’s a blessing.

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JURIST

MAY 5, 2022

Wilson, 44 of Newton Grove, North Carolina, joined the Oath Keepers in 2016 and led an Oath Keepers chapter in Sampson County, North Carolina. A court filing accused Wilson of conspiring with Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes to “oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power.”

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The Crime Report

MAY 3, 2021

North Carolina lawmakers are reaching across the aisle to push for juvenile justice reform this legislative session with two bipartisan bills aspiring to make their way to the governor’s desk that aim to change the way young people are treated within the criminal justice system, reports North Carolina Health News.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2022

The leader of the North Carolina Chapter of the Proud Boys Friday pleaded guilty to felony charges for his actions associated with the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Donohue became the president of his local Proud Boys chapter in North Carolina in 2018.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 30, 2021

Michele Benedetto Neitz, Pulling Back the Curtain: Implicit Bias in the Law School Dean Search Process, 49 SETON HALL L. An implicit bias is “‘an association or preference that is not consciously generated and is experienced without awareness.’"

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The Crime Report

MAY 3, 2021

A report from the North Carolina Poverty Research Fund at the UNC School of Law provides a powerful explanation of the ways that race and poverty impact teenagers involved in the juvenile justice system. . The imposition of fines and fees in the juvenile justice system is not unique to North Carolina.

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LawSites

MAY 17, 2021

There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly, should law schools teach tech? A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For example, a school may not use students personal essays, writing samples, participation in extracurriculars, or other cues as a means of determining or predicting a students race and favoring or disfavoring such students…Relying on non-racial information as a proxy for race, and making decisions based on that information, violates the law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

We urge the court to block this law, and defend our right to free speech as soon as possible.” In North Carolina, reporters can interview inmates if the inmate accepts the reporter’s request. ” The SCDC stated last year that inmates were not allowed to do interviews, largely to protect victims’ rights.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 15, 2022

EDT, Duke Law School and O’Melveny & Myers LLP will co-host a virtual memorial service for Walter Dellinger and his wife, Anne Dellinger. Anne Dellinger, a longtime faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Government, died last April at 80. Share On Saturday, March 19, at 1 p.m. The event is open to all.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will not weigh in on the constitutionality of a North Carolina law that allows employers to sue employees who make undercover video or audio recordings. The denial of review in North Carolina Farm Bureau v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Stein v. 13 conference.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School. . Harper stems from a challenge to North Carolina’s congressional and legislative redistricting plan as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The North Carolina General Assembly immediately appealed that ruling.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Updated: A North Carolina personal injury lawyer who was shot and killed by a client Monday died while trying to save others, the managing partner…

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