The North Carolina Court of Appeals entered the Bruen Second Amendment debate this week with its decision in State v. Radomski.
First, a bit of background: In its landmark New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen
The North Carolina Supreme Court today agreed to review a Court of Appeals decision limiting the immunity enjoyed by healthcare professionals under a Covid-era statute.
In May 2020, the pandemic was raging. Our General Assembly leapt into action, unanimously passing
On May 7, 2024 the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued thirty-three published opinions There’s a lot to chew on here. Here’s my summary of a few of the more interesting or unusual cases.
It is with sadness that I report on the recent death of retired Chief Judge John Martin. He had been fighting cancer for several years and went down swinging. His funeral, held in Raleigh on April 25, 2024, was packed.
I wrote a few days ago about some practitioners experiencing problems with overzealous spam filters catching important notices from our appellate courts. To be clear, this is a user-side issue, not a problem with the appellate courts’ software. Nevertheless, our
Trigger warning: this post may cause appellate lawyers to have nightmares.
There has been a spate of technical glitches on the user side lately that caused critical notices from the North Carolina Court of Appeals to end up in “quarantine”
If you have a case pending before the North Carolina Supreme Court and haven’t yet received an oral argument notice, your case likely won’t be argued until the fall.
The North Carolina Supreme Court does not have an established formula
It’s back! The NCBA Appellate Practice Section Counsel’s Annual CLE and Social is returning this March.
The social will be at Whiskey Kitchen (201 W. Martin St, Raleigh) on Thursday, March 7 at 5pm. Join us for drinks, food, and
If you have had a case tentatively calendared for oral argument in the Fourth Circuit recently, then you likely received a notice to submit a specific form indicating whether you are aware of any cases currently pending in the Fourth
I’m often asked by younger lawyers and law students how a person goes about becoming an appellate lawyer. It’s tricky, because most firms and organizations hoard their plum appellate opportunities for their most experienced practitioners. Yet, you can’t become one
