By Nahale Freeland Kalfas We all have that one mentor whose guidance has been invaluable to our professional advancement or simply an individual who we have admired from afar, and we all like to have our efforts recognized. Now is the time to acknowledge that person. We are now accepting nominations for the North Carolina Bar […]
The State Archives is again hosting a series of free workshops on records management. Learn more here.
In the “olden” days, before September 2019, some felt that dealing with the Rules Review Commission (RRC) and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) kind of cramped their rule-writing style. Many will recall the seemingly endless corrections of “which” to “that” or from “including but not limited to” to “including.” And then there were the […]
Paraphrasing Shakespeare, when it comes to COVID-19, there are more things in heaven and earth than any one attorney has considered. Puzzle out some pressing pandemic issues by participating in the upcoming CLE, Law in the Time of Corona: People, Places, Protests and Police. Profit from the pundits and their manuscripts as they provide practice […]
Krishnan v. NC Dep’t of Health & Hum. Servs (20-107 – Published) Author: Judge Richard Dietz State employee grievance; administrative law; time period to petition for contested case. ALJ, on own initiative, dismissed petition for contested case hearing as untimely per GS 150B-23(f). Parties appealed, saying St. Human Resources Act, GS 126-34.02 applied; therefore, statute of […]
By Nicholas Dowgul Each year occupational licensing boards and state agencies are required to submit reports to North Carolina governmental committees and offices. There have been some recent changes to the time frame for some reports as well as the addition of another report. Due to COVID-19, we have seen a direct impact on fingerprint […]
By Jack Nichols History of the Venue Provision in the APA In American law, North Carolina is the birthplace of judicial review. In 1787, eighteen years before Marbury v. Madison,[1] the Supreme Court of North Carolina not only issued the first reported decision, but also issued the first reported decision involving the principle of judicial […]
Business Court Narrows How Public Records Act Applies to Entities with Government Ties It Can Be Difficult to Revoke a Police Officer’s License. Some States Are Trying to Make it Easier. New telling of Perry Mason’s tale makes case against licensing burdens “On Neglecting Regulatory Benefits,” Administrative Law Review, Summer 2020, ABA Administrative Law & […]
In mid-September, Chief Administrative Law Judge Julian Mann issued updates regarding OAH’s response to COVID-19. The guidance provides background and updates regarding interactions with OAH staff with regard to hearings, rules, the Rules Review Commission, the Civil Rights Division, and the Human Relations Commissions. The updates may be viewed on the OAH website.
By Jeffrey P. Gray I almost hate to bring it up. For two to three years, it was all that any of us, as administrative lawyers, heard, almost ad nauseam. For anyone who attended some kind of national group representing occupational and professional licensing boards, there would be a collective groan when the other attendees […]