South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request for rehearing in the case of a woman who resigned as an equity partner from a law firm, then sought to bring a Title VII lawsuit against the firm. ...
Read More »4th Circ. to rehear ‘Twitter juror’ case, no to Title VII suit
Ex-partner’s Title VII suit against law firm fails 
An attorney who resigned as an equity partner from a North Carolina law firm can’t bring a Title VII lawsuit against the firm, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. In an apparent issue of first impression in ...
Tagged with: Title VII
Read More »4th Circuit denies cops immunity for shooting black homeless man
“This has to stop.” With just four words, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has laid down a marker. The court was reviewing the case of a black homeless man in West Virginia who was stopped by a police ...
Tagged with: 4th Circuit Black Lives Matter
Read More »Laughs in the time of Coronavirus
Picture this: a bottle of beer all alone in the corner of a fridge, scaring away the rest of the food items, all of which are wearing surgical masks. The beer was a Corona, and this image was perhaps ...
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Read More »Insurance – Carrier’s denial of benefits affirmed
The district court correctly granted summary judgment to an insurance carrier on the plaintiff’s ERISA claim because its denial of benefits was reasonable under the deferential abuse of discretion standard. Background On April 15, 2013, Mark Grabowski flew from New ...
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Read More »Criminal Practice – District Court’s suppression and sentencing affirmed on appeal
The district court correctly denied appellant’s motion to suppress because the arrest was supported by probable cause and the vehicle search was subject to the community caretaking exception to the warrant requirement. The district court also correctly sentenced appellant in ...
Tagged with: appeal
Read More »Mounts, Baughman promotions announced
Andrea Mounts has been named General Manager of the BridgeTower Media Carolinas Group, the publishers of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and The Mecklenburg Times, the real estate and public notice newspaper based in Charlotte. Mounts joined ...
Read More »Polar bear-tex
Give the North Carolina Zoo credit for trying. During the miserable cold snap that has given the Carolinas snow, ice, freezing rain and temperatures that border on obscene, the NC Zoo, based in Asheboro, figured, hey, come see our polar ...
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Read More »EDITORIAL: Pass the federal shield law bill
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 14, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, had a direct question. Raskin asked Sessions, “As Attorney General, will you commit not to prosecute investigative journalists for maintaining the confidentiality ...
Tagged with: shield law
Read More »The make-up man
In honor of National Newspaper Week, I want to share a story from the backrooms of the newspaper business. There are reporters with byline fever. There are editors who crusade. There are photographers who freeze moments of history. And then ...
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