BY BARRY SAUNDERS bsaunders@newsobserver.com If Brennan Horton and Omeze Nwankwo have an especially merry Christmas, they can thank you, citizens of Raleigh. More precisely, they can thank the heavy-handed over-reaction of some off-duty city cops moonlighting as security guards in the popular Glenwood South nightclub district. After Horton...
The Independent Weekly featured our recently filed excessive force action - Horton v. City of Raleigh - against the Raleigh Police Department on the front page of their Wake County edition Article by John Tucker It had been several minutes since Omeze Nwankwo was locked inside a...
NORTH CAROLINA LAWYERS WEEKLY By David Donovan When a Durham attorney sued the North Carolina Division of Employment Security last year over its decision to stop making notices of unemployment appeals hearings available to attorneys, her counsel, Jim White, looked at it as a straightforward Public Records...
When I've talked about the work that our firm does, several people have said that we are a "David v. Goliath" law firm, fighting against banks and large corporations for individuals and small businesses. I recently heard Malcolm Gladwell's TED talk offering a new perspective...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]News & Observer BY DAVID RANII The state Division of Employment Security has lost the first battle in a legal war over public documents that unemployment law attorneys rely on to solicit clients. A preliminary injunction issued Thursday by Wake County...
N.C. Policy Watch by Sharon McCloskey Update: A Wake County Superior Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction that requires the North Carolina Division of Employment Security (DES) to continue making hearing notices about contested unemployment claims available as it has done for the past decade. With little fanfare in a...
News & Observer by David Ranii RALEIGH — A Wake County Superior Court judge has ordered the state Division of Employment Security to continue making documents available to lawyers who rely on them to solicit new clients for at least a day or two more. Judge Paul Ridgeway...
W-UNC By LEONEDA INGE For ten years, North Carolina attorneys have had access to a daily list of unemployed workers who are scheduled for appeal hearings. Most of these people had their unemployment claims denied and are appealing the decision. But last week, the Division of Employment Security said...
Litigation is an incredibly powerful dispute resolution tool. A lawsuit can serve as a vehicle to enforce rights in the face of wrongdoing or when dealing with a difficult party. However, lawsuits can also be incredibly unpredictable. When the resolution to your dispute lies in...