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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here At its October 24, 2014 meeting, the North Carolina State Bar released 2014 FEO 7 that rules a lawyer may provide a foreign entity or individual with a North Carolina subpoena. If a lawyer needs to obtain medical records from an individual out of state
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here After receiving inquiries about the responsibilities a partner or supervising lawyer has to a firm lawyer that has mental impairment, the North Carolina State Bar adopted 2013 FEO 8 at its July 25, 2014 meeting. Within this opinion, mental impairment
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On January 23, 2014 the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar met to consider a grievance filed against Ronald E. Cooley by a former client. The Grievance Committee issue a censure after finding that Cooley: (1) failed to attend a deposition in violation of Rule 1.3, (2) failed to
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Joseph L. Carlton, Jr. was disbarred on September 23, 2014. Carlton voluntarily resigned his license to practice law in North Carolina after pleading guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1012—knowingly preparing HUD-1 Settlement Statements that did not accurately show the disbursements in
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On October 31, 2007 Ralph T. Bryant filed an affidavit surrendering his license to practice law with the North Carolina State Bar in which he admitted to misappropriating over sixty thousand in client and fiduciary funds to his own use. As a result, he was disbarred by order on November 6, 2007. On
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On August 15, 2014 William P. Bray received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar for violations of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. Bray was retained to represent a client, and during the course of that representation, the Grievance Committee
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On June 22, 2014, the Disciplinary Hearing Commission (DHC) of the North Carolina State Bar suspended William T. Batchelor, II, for violations of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. During the period January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2010, Batchelor had two trust accounts associate with
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here On July 25, 2014, the North Carolina State Bar adopted 2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 4 entitled, “Serving Subpoenas on Health Care Providers Covered by HIPPA.” This opinion allows a lawyer to send a subpoena for medical records to an entity covered by
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here On July 25, 2014, the North Carolina State Bar adopted the 2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 12. This opinion allows for a subsequently hired lawyer in a worker’s compensation case, when the client terminates representation of a former lawyer, to discuss and
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here A formal ethics opinion titled “Protecting Confidential Client Information When Mentoring” was originally proposed on July 14, 2014. At its February 1, 2016 meeting, the State Bar adopted this opinion. 2014 FEO 1 considers issues related to
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The Eight Amendment provides medical protections for transgender prisoners, but at the expense of the taxpayer’s pocket.
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The two likely paths the North Carolina Supreme Court can take in the Cape Fear case, and the environmental implications of coal ash.
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A unique glimpse into the prosecution of child abuse and the experience for a child witness.
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Is the right to record police interactions protected by the constitution? If so, what are the policy implications of allowing citizens to press play?
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