Articles by Harry Lorello, Former Senior Staff Writer

About Harry Lorello, Former Senior Staff Writer (7 Articles)

Harry graduated from Campbell Law in 2013. He attended Guilford College, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Education. During both 1L and 2L summers, Harry interned for the North Carolina Department of Justice Property Control Section, where he worked on issues ranging from property to employment law. During his 2L year, Harry worked as a clerk for the Lanier Law Group, which focuses on workers' compensation.

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Amending North Carolina Rule of Evidence 103

April 21, 2013

Rule 103 of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence contains nearly identical language to the same Federal Rule of Evidence prior to its amendment in 2000. Originally set to be effective on October 1, 2003, the General Assembly amended former Rule 103 by adding the following language to subsection (a)(2): “Once the court makes a definitive ruling on the record admitting or excluding evidence, either at or before trial, a party need not renew an objection or offer of proof to preserve a claim [...]

Printing Guns

November 3, 2012

In Star Trek: Insurrection, Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds himself surrounded by his slow moving yet deadly opponent, the Borg. Luckily for Picard, he has access to a “replicator”, a device that can create almost any object on request. Picard uses the replicator and requests a Tommy gun, which he uses to defend himself. The idea that someone could possess a machine that could produce any item, including guns, on request was once relegated to the realm of science fiction. However, [...]

Outside the Protected Class? Associative Discrimination Theory in Title VII

October 4, 2012

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act aims to prevent employers from discriminating against an employee based on his or her race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, but not sexual orientation. While the legislative history of Title VII does not clearly indicate that sexual orientation was a prominent consideration at the time of Title VII’s passage, this omission has come under increasing scrutiny in the post-“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” era. As sexual orientation is not a [...]

Blathering Blogs or Socially Successful? Lawyers and Social Media

July 20, 2012

While social media is often associated with distant friends showing pictures of their pet or what they ate for dinner, it is advantageous for small and large law firms to participate in at least some of the many forms of social media now available. Social media is a broad category. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, [...]

House Bill 819: Tomorrow’s Forecast, Yesterday

July 2, 2012

One does not simply look at a ten day forecast and expect the 10th day to be exactly as predicted, because forecasts are subject to change. It is with this basic notion in mind that many North Carolinians have questioned the purpose of House Bill 819, short titled Coastal Management Policies. The bill has also been ridiculed nationwide, including a segment on the satiric Colbert Report. Scientific American, in a blog post entitled “N.C. Considers Making Sea Rise Illegal,” [...]

Crime and Punishment: Jailing Employers Who Do Not Pay Into Workers’ Comp

June 4, 2012

It is the public policy of this state to provide for workers who can no longer work due to permanent partial or total disability. The question of how this State effectuates that policy has recently come into question and there have been increasing calls for employers who fail to pay their workers’ compensation insurance to go to jail. In North Carolina, workers’ compensation is governed by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97. The Statute provides that all businesses employing three or more [...]

Groupon or Groupoff? Ethics Rules and Practical Considerations for Lawyers

April 18, 2012

In 1977, the United States Supreme Court in Bates v. Arizona State Bar held lawyers have a right to advertise their services. However, this right is subject to additional rules and regulations. In North Carolina legal advertisements must conform to the North Carolina State Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1 through 7.5. The nature of advertising is changing though. The State Bar confirmed in Formal Ethics Opinion 10 in October 2011 that in addition to traditional forms of [...]