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Robert Tucker was suspended from the practice of law on November 3, 2015. During the course of his law practice, Tucker mishandled several trust accounts by failing to properly keep records and disbursing more funds than were deposited. Tucker also failed to record deeds of trust for several
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The complaint filed against Gretchen M. Engel alleging that she had engaged in intentional misconduct, willfulness, or bad faith, was dismissed on November 2, 2015. Engel was employed as the Director of Post-Conviction Litigation for the Center for Death Penalty Litigation (CDPL) in Durham.
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A 2011 controversy in the Village of Pinehurst, which did not concern golf, has created far-reaching collateral effects.
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Singer and songwriter, Kesha, will be heard this month in a motion made to permit her to perform music and begin producing songs in the midst of a nasty lawsuit between her and her former producer, Dr. Luke.
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President Barack Obama’s new proposal to expand salary reporting requirements is an effort to equalize gender pay requirements in the workforce.
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The Flint water crisis has devastated the world after investigations have shown a toxic amount of lead and other pathogens in the water supply of Flint, Michigan.
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A new, popular, lawyer rating and legal services website may cause ethical issues with attorneys in North Carolina and issues similar to that of the North Carolina State Bar’s problem with LegalZoom.
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When employers terminate at-will employees for any reason or no reason, their conduct is often permissive, unless the termination is in violation of public policy, among other exceptions. However, could there be a claim for a wrongful termination action against an employer when an employee fails to submit to a drug test that is to be conducted by an unapproved laboratory?
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President Obama announced a series of executive actions that included a ban on solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prison.
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Chipotle’s troubles are far from over; after food safety concerns investors are suing and a federal criminal investigation has been launched against the popular restaurant chain.
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Budget cuts in funding for public defenders in New Orleans have caused many indigent citizens to be denied their Sixth Amendment constitutional right to appointed counsel.
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To start the New Year, the Obama Administration has deported over one hundred immigrants back to their violent homeland countries in Central America.
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With the recent St. Louis Rams football team moving to Los Angeles, and claiming the “State of the Art” Clause to get out of their contract with the city of St. Louis, questions arise regarding the conscionability and legality of such clauses in permitting professional football teams to just up and leave a city.
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In late January, Indiana joined other US states in the recent trend of restricting the use of solitary confinement by prohibiting seriously mentally ill inmates from being held in restrictive housing.
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