North Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles from August 2007

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly archives from August 2007

North Carolina Lawyers in the News: August 6, 2007.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Kara F. McIvor and Robert A. Fleury Jr. have joined Crumley & Associates' Winston-Salem office. McIvor is a graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law. Before joining the firm, she...

Raleigh office of Womble Carlyle helps food bank with annual 'Pie in July' bake-off.(Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina)(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Last month, the Raleigh office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice hosted its fourth annual Pie in July Bake-Off to support the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. This year's...

Kilpatrick Stockton's Charlotte office growing.(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Kilpatrick Stockton's Charlotte office is adding 10 new attorneys representing five primary areas of practice -- taxation (corporate), employee benefits, finance, intellectual property, and...

King & Spaulding opens Charlotte location.(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff International law firm King & Spalding is opening an office in Charlotte that will be the firm's third new office in the last year and its eighth worldwide location, a release says. The firm...

Hutchison Law Group completes North Carolina compensation survey.(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Hutchison Law Group PLLC has announced the completion of its annual survey of the compensation practices at venture-backed information technology and life science companies in North Carolina. ...

Hunton & Williams honors Raleigh office pro bono work.(E. Randolph Williams Award)(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Hunton & Williams LLP recently honored 16 attorneys from its Raleigh office for their ongoing pro bono work and community service. Four received the E. Randolph Williams Award for outstanding...

Squirrel Nut Zippers royalties case goes forward.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Two former band members can sue the Squirrel Nut Zippers and their former management to recover royalties and other money they claim is owed to them, a federal district court ruled July 25. ...

Home foreclosure: Options limited, lawyers say.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Guy Loranger She was a single mother, living paycheck to paycheck. She became a first-time homeowner, getting through the door with a subprime adjustable rate mortgage. Within two years, her monthly payments doubled. Within...

North Carolina Bar exam had large crowd, some violations.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Near-record numbers, the introduction of new technology and the recurrence of rules violations marked the latest round of the North Carolina Bar exam. The two-day test, held July 24-25 at the...

N.C. state laws, enforcement efforts target abusive lending practices.(North Carolina)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff North Carolina has been a national leader through the years in legislation aimed at putting a stop to abusive home lending practices. In 1999, the state became the first in the nation to pass...

North Carolina Legal Obituaries: August 6, 2007.(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Alfred N. Brumley Alfred Neal Brumley, age 69, of Charlotte, died July 19. Born in Charlotte, he attained his law degree at the University of North Carolina School of Law. After...

N.C. Business Court Case Summaries: August 6, 2007.(North Carolina Business Court)
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Antitrust Civil Conspiracy - Restraint of Trade - Environmental Services - Contract Prices - Collusion State ex rel. Cooper v. McClure. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-15-0924, 27 pp.) (Ben...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: August 6, 2007.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Utility Regulation - Telecom Competition - Incentive Rate BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. v. Sanford. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-01-0943, 28 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 06-1678,...

Commentary: How to use experts in litigation.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Maria Vargas Expert witnesses play key roles in almost all types of litigation. Whether you are involved in a medical malpractice case, wrongful termination, product liability or personal injury, expert testimony could be a...

How lawyers can avoid the worst of the Internet.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Henry B. Chace Dolan Media Newswires In this wondrous Internet age, there is so much we can do online, and we do. We have come to depend on fast, reliable Internet connections at work and at home. But then there is the dark side...

Commentary: Professional and ethical concerns affect e-mail use.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Sharon D. Nelson and John W. Simek We have finally reached the point where virtually all lawyers have succumbed to our times and now use e-mail. There were a lot just five years ago who swore they never would. We are down to a...

How to hang your shingle on a 'shoestring' budget and prosper.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Edward Poll Dolan Media Newswires You've decided to open your own practice. You've heard that it takes up to five years to get a new practice established. You know the rule of thumb that you need six months of living expenses saved...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: August 6, 2007.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Taxation Real Property - Constitutional - Enclave Clause - Marine Property - Private Lease - Housing Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, LLC v. Onslow County. (Lawyers Weekly No....

U.S. District Court Middle District Case Summaries: August 6, 2007.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Fee Request - Unfair Trade Practices - Contingency Fee - Affidavit Maloney v. Disciples Ltd., LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-03-0928, 13 pp.) (N. Carlton Tilley Jr., J. -...

U.S. District Court Western District Case Summaries: August 6, 2007.
August 6, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Venue - Tort/Negligence - Failure to Warn - Interferon - Side Effect - Memory Loss Kilgus v. Schering-Plough Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-04-0939, 6 pp.) (Carl Horn III,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: August 13, 2007.
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Immigration - Naturalization Petition - Exclusive Jurisdiction Etape v. Chertoff. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-01-0983, 28 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 06-1916, Aug. 2, 2007; USDC at...

U.S. District Court Middle District Case Summaries: August 13, 2007.
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Labor & Employment Employer - Church & Conference - Integrated Employer Theory - Number of Employees - Interns & Preschool Wooten v. Epworth United Methodist Church. (Lawyers Weekly No....

Verdicts & Settlements August 13, 2007: Jury awards $1.6 million in Mecklenburg condemnation case.(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of action: Condemnation Injuries alleged: Taking of land (value of long-term ground lease) Name of case: City of Charlotte v. 6214 South Boulevard Holdings, LLC Court:...

Potential juror's outburst about defendant means mistrial.(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff A judge declared a mistrial after a potential juror blurted out that the defendant had robbed a relative of hers years ago. Antwain James Hines, 22, of Fort Wayne was to have gone on trial...

How to select a real estate firm that guards your interests.
August 13, 2007... Byline: Bernadette Starzee Dolan Media Newswires Real estate transactions, whether commercial or residential, are rife with potential snafus. Just as you would carefully choose a property, take your time and select a real estate firm that...

Commentary: Hey, brother, can you spare a dime: A discussion of creditors' rights.
August 13, 2007... Byline: Tonya Mason, Esq. In commercial transactions, it is common for the insured party's counsel to request some type of creditors' rights coverage for their client from the title insurance company. This is typically done through an...

Commentary: Ombuds 101: Are law firms ready for an ombudsman?
August 13, 2007... Byline: Roy Baroff As lawyers practicing in North Carolina, we have become quite familiar with mediation through the various court-sponsored programs, and many of us serve as mediators. Thus, the idea of a neutral third party to assist in...

North Carolina Lawyers in the News: August 13, 2007.(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Shannon "Missy" Sumerell Spainhour has joined Kennedy Covington's Charlotte office, where she will focus on employment law. Previously the Wake Forest law graduate handled matters before...

Lawyers see huge increase in wealthy claiming residency in the Sunshine State.(Florida)
August 13, 2007... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson Dolan Media Newswires People are flocking to the Sunshine State in greater numbers than ever, seeking asset protection and a decrease in taxes, estate planners tell Lawyers USA. "It's a tidal wave," said...

Panel eyes biodegradable sandbags for use along N.C. coast.(North Carolina)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff RALEIGH (AP) — As the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission wrestles with what to do about the proliferation of sandbags along the state's coastline, one idea that's been floated is to make the...

N.C. Court of Appeals says mortgage company's 'tangles' spare couple from default.(North Carolina Court of Appeals)
August 13, 2007... Byline: Guy Loranger No default occurred where a mortgage company wrongfully refused to accept a couple's payments and did not return their calls, the Court of Appeals ruled in an Aug. 7 decision. The company, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group,...

Review your employment practices, lawyer warns.(attorney Shawn D. Wallace)
August 13, 2007... Byline: Gregory Froom Just like their corporate clients, law firms face exposure to litigation from their employees -- and firms would be well advised to make sure their own houses are in order to minimize the risk. That cautionary...

N.C. Court of Appeals again denies damages claim in zoo lawsuit.(North Carolina Court of Appeals)
August 13, 2007... Byline: Fred Horlbeck For a second time the N.C. Court of Appeals has denied an award of damages to a woman who sued the N.C. Zoological Park after a tree fell on her in 1998. Tinya Cherney, who was badly hurt in the zoo's African...

Benefits and drawbacks of 'health courts' debated.
August 13, 2007... Byline: From Staff reports Doctors and others are pushing legislation in both houses of Congress to fund pilot projects in 10 states that would create administrative panels known as "health courts." The legislation, which is intended...

N.C. Industrial Commission denies workers' comp for officer charged by pit bull.(North Carolina Industrial Commission, workers' compensation)
August 13, 2007... Byline: Guy Loranger An animal control officer who claimed her brush with a pit bull caused post-traumatic stress disorder did not suffer an injury entitling her to workers' compensation benefits, the Industrial Commission ruled in a 2-1...

N.C. legislation would create voluntary arbitration option.(North Carolina)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff A bill that would expedite and cap damages awards in medical malpractice cases for parties who voluntarily go through binding arbitration has passed the state General Assembly and is awaiting Gov....

Motorist who made obscene gesture to officer awarded $3K.(Addison DeBoi)(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile Police Department has been ordered to pay $3,000 to a government engineer who was arrested for cursing and making an obscene hand gesture to an officer. ...

Lawyer's legacy includes Brown v. Board of Education.(attorney Oliver W. Hill)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff RICHMOND, Va. — Oliver W. Hill, a civil rights lawyer who was at the front of the legal effort that desegregated public schools, has died at age 100, a family friend said. Hill died...

Clash over treasure escalates between Spain, explorers.
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Florida deep-sea explorers have gone on the offensive in a legal dispute with the Spanish government over a treasure-laden shipwreck, asking a federal judge to protect the secret locations of...

Kansas funeral protester says flag law unconstitutional.(Brief article)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff PAPILLION, Neb. — Nebraska's law to protect the American flag is unconstitutional, says a legal challenge filed for a Kansas woman. Shirley Phelps-Roper has been charged with letting...

Campbell University chancellor Dr. Norman Adrian Wiggins dies.(Obituary)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Dr. Norman Adrian Wiggins Campbell University chancellor and former president Dr. Norman Adrian Wiggins died Aug. 1. He was also a professor of law at Wake Forest College's law school. ...

N.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: August 13, 2007.(North Carolina Cpurt of Appeals)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative CON - Hospice Facility - Fayetteville - Greensboro Branch Hospice at Greensboro, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services. (Lawyers Weekly No....

N.C. Industrial Comm. Case Summaries: August 13, 2007.(North Carolina Industrial Commission)
August 13, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers Compensation 'Accident' - Animal Control Officer - Pit Bull - Mace & Tranquilizer - PTSD Mosley v. Wake County. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-08-0989, 9 pp.) (Dianne C. Sellers,...

Courtroom cleared after expert pops surprise theory in Spector trial.(Dr. Michael Baden)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff LOS ANGELES — The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial cleared the jury from the courtroom last week after a forensic pathologist surprised prosecutors by introducing a new theory in the...

CBS settles, but now Imus faces player's slander, defamation suit.(Don Imus)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff NEW YORK — On the same day Don Imus settled a lawsuit with CBS Radio after being fired for making sexist and racist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, his legal troubles...

U.S. magistrate says Vermont can ban 'JN36TN' on license plate.(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff RUTLAND, Vt. — A man who wants a biblical reference on his vanity license plate has been dealt another setback in his two-year legal fight with the state of Vermont, with a judge siding with...

Plaintiff in landmark case refused to leave bus seat.(Irene Morgan Kirkaldy)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff GLOUCESTER, Va. — Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, a black woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat to white passengers led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, has died at 90. Kirkaldy...

Breyer bemoans role as high court dissident.(Justice Stephen Breyer)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff SAN FRANCISCO — The Supreme Court's most recent term was a difficult one, Justice Stephen Breyer says, because he found himself on the losing end of several key cases. "I was in dissent...

Judge blasts prosecution, awards attorney $391,292.(U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge in Texas has ordered the government to pay almost $400,000 to an Oklahoma City attorney who was wrongly prosecuted. The attorney, John Claro, and seven...

Commentary: Congress acts to overturn Supreme Court's wage discrimination decision in Ledbetter.(Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 127 S. Ct. 2162 (2007))(Law overview)
August 20, 2007... Byline: Stephen Allred Just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision making it harder for employees to bring pay discrimination claims under federal law, Congress has taken steps to reverse the high court's ruling and...

Commentary: The vocational rehabilitation consultant in worker's comp.(workers' compenasation)
August 20, 2007... Byline: Maria Vargas Vocational services have historically been utilized by insurance companies and the defense in worker's compensation system. Clark v. Wal-Mart, which was handed down in October 2005, affirmed that the burden remained on...

Kennedy Covington pledges $750,000 to Mecklenburg County facilities campaign.(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Kennedy Covington recently pledged $750,000 to the Campaign for Cultural Facilities in a drive directed by the Arts & Science Council to raise $83 million to support new and renovated cultural...

Caryn McNeill, Martin Brinkley chair N.C. Bar Assn.'s 4All task force.(North Carolina Bar Association)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Smith Anderson partners Caryn McNeill and Martin Brinkley will co-chair the "4All" task force, an initiative of the N.C. Bar Association and the N.C. Bar Foundation that will address systemic...

Nifong complains ethics case was handled unfairly.(Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff RALEIGH — When former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong mailed in his law license last week, he also included a note bemoaning "the fundamental unfairness" of the North Carolina State...

North Carolina Lawyers in the News: August 20, 2007.
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Two Raleigh lawyers have been appointed to NCBA posts: Deborah Hildebran-Bachofen to the international law & practice section council and Sandra M. Clark to the estate planning & fiduciary law...

Charlotte lawyer wins N.C. Bar Assn.'s H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award.(Charlotte lawyer E. Osborne "Ozzie" Ayscue Jr., North Carolina Bar Association)(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Charlotte lawyer E. Osborne "Ozzie" Ayscue Jr. was presented the N.C. Bar Association's inaugural H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award by Winston-Salem attorneys William F. Womble Jr. and...

Wake Forest University appellate clinic gets first victory.(Brief article)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Meghan Mary Poirier, one of five students in Wake Forest law school's appellate clinic, graduated on May 21. Two days later she was before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, where she successfully...

Constitutional challenge of SDIP rejected by North Carolina Court of Appeals.(Safe Driver Insurance Points)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff An insured motorist who challenged the constitutionality of the state's Safe Driver Incentive Plan needed to first exhaust all of his administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of the...

Defense: North Carolina Board of Law Examiners lacks authority in BAR/BRI suit.
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff The N.C. Board of Law Examiners lacks authority to assert federal copyright protection and standing to bring a state-law unfair and deceptive trade practices claim, the Thomson and West publishing...

North Carolina teen's exit from moving school bus ruled to be contributory negligence.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Guy Loranger A school bus driver who passed a student's usual stop and said she was taking everybody back to the garage was not grossly negligent when she kept going after the student opened the rear emergency door, the Industrial...

Statute bars S.C. action over speedway bridge.(South Carolina)
August 20, 2007... Byline: Gregory Froom A South Carolina suit over the collapse of a footbridge at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2000 was time-barred, even though it was filed within South Carolina's eight-year statute of repose, the S.C. Court of Appeals...

U.S. Tax Court approves loan of personal injury settlement.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Reni Gertner Dolan Media Newswires BOSTON, Mass. — A $1 million loan by a father from a personal injury settlement to a trust for his severely injured daughter is deductible from the value of the child's estate, the U.S. Tax...

North Carolina Legal Obituaries: August 20, 2007.(Obituary)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Dallas A. Cameron Jr. Dallas Alexander Cameron Jr., 68, died Aug.13 in Raleigh. A native of Lake Waccamaw, he was an Eagle Scout and the first counselor at the Lake Waccamaw Home for...

N.C. Industrial Comm. Case Summaries: August 20, 2007.(North Carolina Industrial Commission)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Tort/Negligence Schools & School Boards - Bus Driver - Joking Threat - Emergency Door - Student's Jump - Contributory Negligence Robinson v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education....

NC Court of Appeals Unpublished Case Summaries: August 20, 2007.(North Carolina Court of Appeals)
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Exhaustion of Remedies - Insurance - Constitutional - Safe Driver Incentive Plan Burrill v. Long. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-16-1008, 6 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from...

Verdicts & Settlements August 20, 2007: Court awards plaintiff $1.1 million in nurse-staffing case.
August 20, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of action: Breach of contract/Misappropriation of trade secrets/Unfair and deceptive trade practices/Tortious interference with contract Injuries alleged: Actual damages and lost profits...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: August 27, 2007.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative FDA Certification - Mammography - Sanctions Korangy v. U.S. FDA. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-01-1036, 9 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 05-2300, Aug. 17, 2007; On Petition for Review....

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: August 27, 2007.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Practice Honest Services Mail Fraud - Release Pending Appeal - Denied - Sentencing United States v. Geddings. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-02-1012, 21 pp.) (James C. Dever III, J. -...

Verdicts & Settlements August 27, 2007: $900,000 settlement collected in wrongful death auto case.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff The wreck in this case occurred on the morning of Dec. 3, 2003, on a two-lane road in Greene County. The decedent mother was traveling east in her sedan vehicle when the defendant truck...

Verdicts & Settlements August 27, 2007: Arbitration results in $375K award to plaintiff.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff On June 2, 2005, the plaintiff's vehicle was in a collision with the defendant's vehicle while the plaintiff was stopped at an intersection, according to the plaintiff's report. The impact was at...

Farmers sue for OK of plan to grow industrial hemp.(Brief article)
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff BISMARCK, N.D. — The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two North Dakota farmers who applied to the Drug Enforcement Administration for permission to...

Judge scolds NFL as player faces possible jail time.(John Burlew)(Odell Thurman)(Brief article)
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff CINCINNATI — The judge who will decide whether suspended Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman should go to jail says the NFL is being hypocritical in its punishment of Thurman. "The...

Despite cheeseburgers, officer sniffs out DUI arrest.(Brief article)
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff LINCOLN, Neb. — A judge will have to decide again whether a police officer can smell alcohol on a man's breath from inside of a fast-food drive-through window. The prosecution believes...

No advance notice? Speeding tickets don't count, lawyer says.(Mike Besser)(Brief article)
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff CLEVELAND — Tickets issued to thousands of speeders and motorists caught driving through red lights by mobile traffic cameras were not affected by the court victory of a man who argued the...

Commentary: Wiki world: New Web technology takes the labor out of collaboration.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Lee S. Rosen Prepare yourself: The wiki has arrived. A wiki, simply put, is a Web site that allows multiple people to contribute, edit and collaborate on it. This short, odd little word (it's pronounced "wick-ee" and comes from the...

North Carolina Lawyers in the News: August 27, 2007.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Knox, Brotherton, Knox & Godfrey held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its new office in Denver, with representatives of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, local...

Raleigh legal community joins together in day of service.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Triangle Impact, a Research Triangle nonprofit organization, completed its first Service Juris Day, a day of service by the Triangle's legal community. Service Juris Day is an annual event...

How to choose furniture: Go for durable, not trendy.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Bernadette Starzee Dolan Media Newswires Choosing office furniture can be a daunting task. It's a considerable expense, and your choices will affect employees' daily lives for many years to come. And chances are, like many others...

Office space innovations include more color, glass walls, carpet tile.
August 27, 2007... Byline: David Page Dolan Media Newswires After working as a commercial and residential interior designer in Oklahoma City, Janis Bevers spent a year working in Washington, D.C. "I wanted to get a new perspective of what was going on in...

When precedent trumps presumption: SC Supreme Court ruling on worker's compensation has far-reaching impact.(South Carolina)
August 27, 2007... Byline: Fred Horlbeck In October 2005, the state Supreme Court ruled in Clark v. Wal-Mart that a 68-year-old workers' comp claimant had to prove she was disabled in order to get permanent benefits. The court said no claimant in a...

N.C. Court of Appeals extends reasonable suspicion in car stops.(North Carolina)
August 27, 2007... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A police officer had reasonable suspicion to stop a car after learning the owner's license had been revoked, even though he saw no traffic violations or erratic driving and couldn't tell whether the owner was at the...

N.C. Court of Appeals says DWI checkpoint's purpose passes constitutional muster.(North Carolina)(driving while intoxicated)
August 27, 2007... Byline: Guy Loranger Evidence obtained during a checkpoint stop could be admitted to prosecute a defendant for DWI because there was no showing that the checkpoint's stated purpose masked another, unconstitutional purpose, the Court of...

LAW FIRM ECONOMICS: A survey How U.S. law firms did in 2006.
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff FINANCIALS Average revenue per lawyer: Up 4.3 percent to $419,826 Law firm expenses: Up 2.9 percent Per lawyer income: Up 5.3 percent Median profits per partner: For law...

N.C. decision clarifies foreign judgments in child support case.(North Carolina)
August 27, 2007... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff A child support order from an Israeli court could be registered and enforced in North Carolina if the proper statutory steps were taken, the Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 21. Attorneys on both...