Dear Future of Law Committee Members, This week is Duke Law Tech Week, and we’d like to invite members of this committee to take part in some of our events. Here are three that may be of interest. The first two require pre-registration. The last is online only and does not require registration. Duke Law […]
This post highlights an area of immigration law that we think will be of interest to business attorneys. By Jennifer Cory On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed the Buy American and Hire American (BAHA) Presidential Executive Order. The mandate is designed to create higher wages and employment rates for U.S. workers by administering and […]
The Lawyer Referral Service is one of many benefits available to NCBA members. Renew your membership before Oct. 31 to stay with the NCBA. By M’Lea Peak NCBA Lawyer Referral Service Program Coordinator Not every attorney on his way to pay a $20,000 bill would have a spring in his step and smile on his […]
By Amber Nimocks The feelings of panic and helplessness that overcame us as we watched Hurricane Florence ravage our state have dissipated only slightly as the skies have cleared. The persistent question remains: “How can I help?” The North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation have several answers to that question. Among them is NC Disaster […]
Welcome to the Small Firm & Technology Section. With our first blog post of the new bar year, we wanted to introduce ourselves and let you know our plans for this new Section. My name is Pegeen Turner. I am legal technology consultant with Legal Cloud Technology. I am most recently the chair of the […]
Ann Marie Holder has joined Colombo, Kitchin, Dunn, Ball & Porter, LLP in Greenville, N.C., as an associate attorney. Holder has worked in big and small firm practices, public counsel service, and the Governor’s Legal Counsel Office. Holder will practice in the areas of administrative law, estate and trust planning and administration, contract disputes and […]
By Andrew Steffenson As cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and virtually all things containing the words “crypto” or “blockchain” continue to experience a meteoric rise in popularity, regulators face an abundance of issues related to the classification and regulation of cryptocurrencies and activities related to cryptocurrencies. Likewise, investors and consumers are besieged by an ever increasing number […]
By Kemal Su The European Union’s (EU) new regulation on data protection, The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), went into effect on May 25, 2018, slightly more than two (2) years after it was accepted by the European Parliament on April 14, 2016. The EU has had regulations pertaining to data protection since 1995. However, the […]
By Robert C. Kemp III One of the greatest honors in my professional career was serving on the N.C. Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice. As a member of the commission, I was assigned to the Committee on Criminal Investigation and Adjudication. Two of the topics we focused on were pretrial justice and […]
By Thomas K. Maher On Dec. 2, 2016, the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice, which was the result of work by Chief Justice Martin, met for the final time. The commission worked through five committees, including the Criminal Investigation and Adjudication Committee. The Criminal Investigation and Adjudication Committee worked on several […]