Upcoming Opportunity For CPE and Notary Update
We are happy to share some exciting news about the upcoming “Practical Skills for the Small Office and General Practice Paralegal” seminar scheduled for…
Sharif v. United Airlines, Inc.: Discharging Employee For FMLA Fraud and Dishonesty Is Not FMLA Retaliation
A Halloween treat for employers and a trick for FMLA-abusing, dishonest employees: The 4th Circuit held that terminating an employee for abusing FMLA leave…
Top 10 Things You Don’t Know About Adobe Acrobat
Even though anyone can create a PDF file now with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat remains one of the most popular programs in the office today. While many…
Nominate Deserving Attorneys For the Criminal Justice Section’s Gilchrist and Smith Awards
NCBA Criminal Justice Section Members: The NCBA Criminal Justice Section is continuing the tradition of presentations of the Peter S. Gilchrist III and Wade…
Top 10 Things You Don’t Know About Adobe Acrobat
Even though anyone can create a PDF file now with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat remains one of the most popular programs in the office today. While many…
Quicksands and Cutting Edges Of the Law: Do Municipal Utility Customers Possess Due Process and Vested Rights To Continued Sewerage Service?
Note from Jon Mize, NCBA Government & Public Sector Section blog editor: Below please find an article from John C. Cooke examining the implications of a…
Who Needs Halloween? Sexual Harassment and Election Season
I come to you this beautiful October day with three scary topics you should likely avoid at any dinner party. However, as an employment lawyer and breast…
Start Your Engines: Welcome To the NCBA Sports & Entertainment Law Section Blog
and Neil Magnuson The Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the NC Bar Association is pleased to announce that, in lieu of continuing to issue a…
The Chair’s Comments: Sports & Entertainment Law’s Game Plan For the Year
With over 150 member attorneys in industries spanning the sports and entertainment worlds including those that serve as in house and outside counsel for all…
Eighth Circuit: Heavy-Set Truck Drivers Can Be Forced To Undergo Sleep Exam
A recent Eighth Circuit opinion found that a trucking company could force heavy-set truck drivers to submit to a sleep apnea exam as a “business…