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In April 2014, Wilbur Linton surrendered his license to practice law and was disbarred by the North Carolina State Bar. In March 2013, he was found having not properly managed his trust account, and his suspension was stayed pending multiple conditions. However, his suspension was activated
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2015 FEO 2 rules that when the original debt of an unrepresented borrower, owner, or guarantor is over $100,000, a lawyer for a lender may prepare and provide a waiver of the right to notice of foreclosure and the right to a
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2015 FEO 3 rules that a lawyer may not offer a computer tablet to a prospective client in a direct mail solicitation letter. A lawyer is not permitted to make false or misleading statements or communications about him or his
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View the Proposed Ethics Opinion in Full Here Editor’s Note: At its meeting on July 17, 2015, the Ethics Committee voted to withdraw this opinion without substitution in light of recently adopted legislation that resolves the issue of professional responsibility raised in the proposed
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here The Formal Ethics Opinion 2014 FEO 10, republished during the April 2015 meeting, rules that a lawyer who handles adoptions as part of her or his law practice and also owns a financial interest in a for-profit adoption agency may, with informed consent,
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UPDATE: In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States holds that Title VII does not require an employer to have actual knowledge of a potential or current employee’s religious practice.
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SCOTUS to weigh in on Mississippi’s targeted regulations meant to shut down abortion clinics.
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Despite many states’ efforts to place moratoriums on the death penalty, North Carolina lawmakers take a step toward resuming executions for the first time in nine years by passing House Bill 774, dubbed the “Restoring Proper Justice Act.”
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Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, receives the death penalty, but America is still in the dark on where he will wait out the interminable appeals process
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Lawsuits against those involved in writing the Pi Kappa Phi book would likely invoke First Amendment protections.
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here In response to several inquiries as whether a lawyer may prepare pleadings or other fillings for a pro se opposing party in a civil proceeding, the State Bar released 2015 FEO 1 at its meeting on April 17, 2015. The Bar notes that this opinion is
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