Friday, October 23, 2015

ABA Journal: LegalZoom resolves $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina State Bar

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LegalZoom resolves $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina State Bar

POSTED OCT 23, 2015 03:15 PM CDT
BY TERRY CARTER
LegalZoom has settled its protracted legal dispute with the North Carolina State Bar with a consent agreement that permits the company to continue operating there, Forbesreports. The online legal document company has been expanding quickly to provide other services, including prepaid legal services plans.
The agreement comes on the heels of a lawsuit against the bar filed in federal court in North Carolina in June, seeking $10.5 million in antitrust ......

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Friday, September 25, 2015

WRAL: State Bar finds no violations by second lawyer in Racial Justice Act case

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State Bar finds no violations by second lawyer in Racial Justice Act case

Posted September 25, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. — A disciplinary panel of the North Carolina State Bar ruled Friday that a lawyer who participated in the first case to be heard under the Racial Justice Act didn't violate the rules of professional conduct for attorneys. 
An anonymous complaint was filed in March against Gretchen Engel, charging her with providing inaccurate information to the judge in the Racial Justice Act ....


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Friday, June 5, 2015

WSJ Law Blog: LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

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LegalZoom Accuses State Bar of Illegally Squelching Competition

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ABA Journal: LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

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LegalZoom files $10.5M antitrust suit against North Carolina bar, cites SCOTUS dental case

POSTED JUN 05, 2015 07:11 AM CDT
BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS
LegalZoom is citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on teeth whitening in a $10.5 million antitrust suit against the North Carolina State Bar.
The suit (PDF), filed on June 3 in federal court in North Carolina, claims the bar is unreasonably barring LegalZoom from offering a prepaid legal services plan in the state, according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, the Los Angeles Business Journal and a press release.
According to the suit, the state .....


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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Campbell Law Observer: State Senator Tries to Help Superior Court Judge Escape Further Discipline

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State Senator Tries to Help Superior Court Judge Escape Further Discipline


Posted on April 23, 2015 by in Ethics and Professionalism

North Carolina Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett is facing sanctions from the North Carolina State Bar.  Tillett, who is the Chief Resident Superior Court Judge in the twenty-county First Division in the northeast corner of the state, received a public reprimand from the Judicial Standards Commission in 2013 for misusing his power in disputes with several Dare County government officials.

Tillett’s troubles began when his son was detained by the Kill Devil Hills Police Department (“KDHPD”) in.....

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Outer Banks Sentinel: Sen. Cook’s bills could benefit Clerk of Court Tolson, Judge Tillett

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Sen. Cook’s bills could benefit Clerk of Court Tolson, Judge Tillett


Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:15 pm
MICHELLE WAGNER | SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL |1 comment

State Senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) introduced two bills last month that would bolster the salary and benefits of Dare County Clerk of Court Dean Martin Tolson, but the senator says the move would also benefit other court officers in his district and across the state.
That legislation comes on the heels of another bill that Cook introduced last month that could protect Dare County Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett from .....

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Friday, March 27, 2015

News & Observer: NC lawyers face bar complaints for Racial Justice Act work

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MARCH 27, 2015 7:14 PM

NC lawyers face bar complaints for Racial Justice Act work

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BY ANNE BLYTHE
ablythe@newsobserver.com

RALEIGH 
Two defense attorneys face accusations of professional misconduct for a piece of their work on the first successful challenge under the Racial Justice Act.
Gretchen Engel, director of the Durham-based Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and Cassandra Stubbs, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project, were among a team of attorneys who ....

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