Not every legal fight winds up in a courtroom – in fact, only a very small percentage of cases ever go to trial. Many disagreements can be resolved through the alternate dispute resolution methods of arbitration and mediation. These two processes are designed to help...
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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...
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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...