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...
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...