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On January 23, 2014, Christopher D. Lane received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar for violates of the Rules of Professional Conduct. In September 2010, Lane entered into an agreement with a California and Illinois law firm, Krohn and Moss, Ltd. (Krohn and
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North Carolina Senator Bill Cook filed the bill to help Judge Jerry Tillett, who was publicly reprimanded by the state's Judicial Standards Commission and now faces sanctions from the State Bar.
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Almost five years after the Dorothea Dix Hospital property was first put up for sale, a purchase agreement between the State of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh has yet to be finalized.
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Confusion in case law has led the North Carolina House of Representatives to draft HB 284 and HB 79, clarifying the law pertaining to violations of civil no-contact orders.
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A recent lawsuit filed by a North Carolina police officer burned by hot coffee echoes the famous story of Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants.
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Despite strides to provide mental health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, there is still much to be done for the mentally ill.
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The number of music copyright infringement cases has significantly increased in the last decade.
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A defendant's unique brain structure and circumstances should be examined before arguing for the application of the "heat of passion" defense to homicide.
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee adopted 2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 8 at its meeting on January 23, 2015. The opinion examines the ethics of a lawyer accepting an invitation from a judge to connect on LinkedIn, the popular social networking website for
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee of the North Carolina Bar took an unusual step at its quarterly meeting held on October 24, 2014. The Committee withdrew a previous opinion, voting instead to adopt an alternative version of the 2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 2. The
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. The Ethics Committee voted to publish 2014 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 at its meeting on July 25, 2014. The opinion examines the issue of a lawyer offering her services to a nonprofit organization on a volunteer basis. Members of the nonprofit
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View the Formal Ethics Opinion in Full Here. Editor’s Note: At its meeting on July 17, 2015, the Ethics Committed voted to withdraw this opinion, and offer a substitute opinion. The substitute opinion can be found here. During its quarterly meeting on July 25, 2014, the Ethics Committee voted
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View proposed ethics opinion in full here This alternative to 2013 Formal Ethics Opinion 14 would restrict a lawyer completely from representing both the lender and borrower in a commercial real estate closing. This opinion takes the proposition that there are no instances in which common
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Ertle Knox Chavis was disbarred on January 23, 2015 by the Disciplinary Hearing Commission (DHC) pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-28(b)(2) for violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The DHC found that Chavis violated Rule 1.15 (and its subparts 1.15-1, 1.15-2, and 1.15-3) by (1) failing
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