What’s In a Name?: Jimmy Graham’s Arbitration Battle
The New Orleans Saints’ star learns the hard way that wide receivers are worth more than tight ends. [...]
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Cause for Hesitation in Solicitation
Nearly one year ago, Title II of the JOBS Act was enacted allowing companies to solicit investments from accredited investors, but some clarification is still needed. [...]
Will some North Carolinians be locked out of the polls?
A District Court judge will determine which portions of North Carolina’s new Voting law will go into effect. [...]
Without Precedent: Hobby Lobby and the Corporatization of Religious Freedom
The controversial Supreme Court decision turns on a hotly debated question: who is a “person” under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993? [...]
Advising Clients on Social Media Posts
The North Carolina Ethics Committee proposed an opinion suggesting that lawyers may advise their clients to remove social media posts if doing so does not constitute spoliation or is otherwise illegal. [...]
Saving traditions by admitting nontraditional students
Women's colleges must look beyond cisgender female applicants to keep them afloat. [...]
New state laws mimic federal False Claims Act
Over half the states have enacted False Claims Act laws in order to reap federal financial benefits. [...]
Supreme Court cans presidential recess appointments to NLRB
The Court's unanimous decision in the June 2014 Noel Canning case found President Obama's January 2012 recess appointments unconstitutional. [...]
05.29.2014 Temporary Stay from 04.22.2014 Consent Order of Disbarment [Robeson County]
William Britt’s actions regarding entrusted funds violated several of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. First, entrusted funds were not properly maintained, were used to benefit the attorney, and were not properly disbursed. The State Bar found twelve instances in which the attorney misappropriated funds. Second, the attorney did not keep his entrusted funds separate from his own property, leaving his earned fees co-mingled with his client funds in the trust account. [...]
02.24.2014 Reprimand [Forsyth County]
Antoinette L. Van-Riel violated numerous rules after being hired to represent M. K. in separation and divorce proceedings. Van-Riel violated Rule 1.4 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct for failing to respond to M. K.’s calls and requests for information. She also violated Rules 1.5(a) and 1.4 for charging clearly excessive fees and failing to communicate with the client when the client had questions about the excessively charged invoice. Lastly, Van-Riel violated Rules [...]
04.09.2014 Consent Order of Reinstatement [Alamance County]
On December 1, 2005, Ronna Gibbs was transferred to disability inactive status. On December 5, 2013, Dr. Philip H. Lavine, M.D., stated that Gibbs was in remission from major depression and as such, fit to resume the practice of law. Finding no evidence to the contrary, the Disciplinary Hearing granted Gibbs’s Petition for Reinstatement to Active Status on April 9, 2014. View the full disciplinary order below. Trouble viewing? Click here to download the order (PDF, [...]
Changing definition of “women” creates challenges for women’s colleges
Women's colleges face tough choices about whether to accept and retain transgendered students. [...]
Qui Tam Actions in the Health Care Industry
Government incentives to private citizens have contributed to the rise of False Claims Act lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and health care entities. [...]
Former UNC-Chapel Hill adviser sues for hostile work environment
Mary Willingham's research showing serious academic deficiencies among the university's student-athletes has resulted in a bitter fallout between herself and her former employer. [...]
Do you have to unionize at home?
In Harris v. Quinn the Supreme Court of the United States found that in-home caregivers cannot be required to join a union or pay its dues. [...]