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The battle over North Carolina’s controversial HB2 Bill heated up recently when Governor Pat McCroy and the Department of Justice filed almost simultaneous lawsuits against each other in United States District Court.
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In the recent Supreme Court decision, it appears SCOTUS has once again punted on an important issue – whether the opt-out option for the contraception requirement of the Affordable Care Act is legal or a violation of employers’ religious freedoms.
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North Carolina’s “drug taxes” on substances ranging from marijuana to moonshine are reaping a major reward.
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The nation’s largest bar prep course is falling short of its duties under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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In the midst of forever advancing technology, can applications such as Snapchat be held liable for wrecks caused as a result of distracted drivers’ usage?
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The lack of homeschool regulation in North Carolina may mean that the State has inadequate information and data on homeschooled student success.
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Some states offer sex offenders castration as an alternative punishment. Is it too cruel and unusual?
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Although the Supreme Court holds that the Constitution does not require voting district apportionment be based only on voting age citizens, it does not address the issue of whether voting age based apportionment itself is even allowed under the 14th Amendment.
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Indiana becomes the next state to enact a law placing restrictions on abortions and Planned Parenthood reacts with a lawsuit.
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Joining a pending class action for employee misclassification, another lawsuit is filed against Uber for alleged price fixing violating antitrust laws.
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Karla W. Simon, Duke Law alum of 1972, filed an affidavit of surrender of license in April 2016. Simon was convicted on November 3, 2014, of felony stalking in Massachusetts. A little over a month later, Simon was also convicted of 29 counts of misdemeanor Violation of Harassment Prevention
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Jack B. Styles filed an affidavit of surrender of license in April 2016. Based on the affidavit, Styles misappropriated funds entrusted to him in violation of Rule 8.4(b) (criminal act reflecting dishonesty), Rule 8.4(c) (conduct of fraud), and Rule 1.15-2(j) (using entrusted client property for
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Hugh McManus, a Wilmington lawyer, was disbarred on April 12, 2016, for professional misconduct. The Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the NC State Bar found that McManus committed misconduct for failing to make disbursements to/on behalf of his clients’ estates (violating Rule 1.15-2(m)),
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Tiffany Ashhurst has been a licensed lawyer in Durham since March of 1999. Over the course of time, Ashhurst has violated the NC Rules of Professional Conduct because she failed to disburse entrusted client funds to the necessary parties, failed to respond to client requests for information of
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