Checking In: Sept. 4, 2018
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…
Welcome To the Family Law Blog For 2018-19
This year, your Family Law Section Communications Committee Chairs intend to put some structure into blog posting to show the rest of the NCBA that the Family…
Fourth Circuit Adopts ‘But-For’ Causation For False Claims Act Retaliation Cases
Earlier this month in United States ex rel. Cody v. ManTech, Int’l, Corp., 2018 WL 3770141 (4th Cir. 2018), the Fourth Circuit determined that a…
Interested In Assisting With CLE? Let Us Know By Friday
By Holland Ferguson Dear Section Members, I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer. As many of you may know, we are in the process of planning two CLEs for…
Let’s Recognize the Peacemakers Among Us
North Carolina is a leader in the country for innovative and effective dispute resolution for its citizens. That leadership came about through the hard work…
NC Secretary of State Cracks Down on Cryptocurrency-Based Security
As cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and virtually all things containing the words “crypto” or “blockchain” continue to experience a meteoric…
The GDPR: An Example Of the Extraterritorial Effects Of Regulations
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…
Pretrial Justice and Criminal Case Management Reform
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…
Chief Justice’s Commission Issues Report With Blueprint For Improving Indigent Defense
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…
Checking In: Aug. 18, 2018
James King has joined Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP as an associate based in its Raleigh office. King will join the firm’s Medical Malpractice Practice…