Outer Banks Voice: E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

By Russ Lay on December 21, 2015

The same Oct. 21, 2011 e-mail that revealed leaks of information from an ostensibly independent investigation into the management practices of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt also suggests a different scenario of why then-District Attorney Frank Parrish reversed his decision to file a petition seeking Britt’s removal.

Parrish, now deceased, was a pivotal player in actions against Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett two years ago by the Judicial Standards Commission. An affidavit .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

Outer Banks Voice: E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/

E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

By Russ Lay on December 15, 2015

An e-mail recently re-examined by the Voice that discusses a 2011 internal investigation of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt raises further questions about the impartiality of the panel that conducted the inquiry.

The e-mail also suggests that the town and League of Municipality officials had decided to move against Superior Court Judge Jerry R. Tillett before ... 

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/

Bloomberg BNA: Settlement Allows LegalZoom to Offer Legal Services in N.C.

http://www.bna.com/settlement-allows-legalzoom-n57982063694/

November 18, 2015

Settlement Allows LegalZoom to Offer Legal Services in N.C.

From ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct (also available on Bloomberg Law)

By Joan C. Rogers

Nov. 16 — LegalZoom and the North Carolina State Bar are no longer at loggerheads over whether the company's offer of personalized legal services to consumers amounts to the unauthorized practice of law. A consent decree entered Oct. 22 ends years of state-court UPL litigation between LegalZoom and the state bar. It also puts to bed a federal antitrust suit the company recently filed against the bar.

The settlement clears the way for LegalZoom ......

http://www.bna.com/settlement-allows-legalzoom-n57982063694/

Bloomberg Law: LegalZoom Fought the North Carolina Bar — And LegalZoom Won

https://bol.bna.com/legalzoom-fought-the-north-carolina-bar-and-legalzoom-won/

LegalZoom Fought the North Carolina Bar — And LegalZoom Won

November 13, 2015

Editor’s Note: The author of this article is a professor at University of Tennessee College of Law and wrote the book, Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession.

By Ben Barton, Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law

LegalZoom has settled its twin law suits against the North Carolina Bar. LegalZoom has basically won the battle and the war.

According to Forbes, LegalZoom agreed to have a licensed North Carolina attorney review its online forms and to inform potential customers that its forms are not a substitute for advice from a live attorney. LegalZoom says it was already doing that anyway. In return the State Bar Association appears to be rolling over on the unauthorized practice of law (“UPL”) fight, going so far as to support ......

https://bol.bna.com/legalzoom-fought-the-north-carolina-bar-and-legalzoom-won/

Outer Banks Voice: N.C. Bar, KDH attorney out of order in drive to oust judge

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/11/12/n-c-bar-town-attorney-use-back-door-in-effort-to-oust-judge/

N.C. Bar, KDH attorney out of order in drive to oust judge

By Russ Lay on November 12, 2015

Judge Jerry Tillett.

Town Attorney Steven Michael.

Two years ago, Kill Devil Hills officials told anyone who would listen that they were being victimized by a vengeful Superior Court judge, and many in local media sopped the story up with disappointing zeal.

But most of us felt the kerfuffle between KDH and Superior Court Judge Jerry R. Tillett .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/11/12/n-c-bar-town-attorney-use-back-door-in-effort-to-oust-judge/

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

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_resolves_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_state_bar

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 ......

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legalzoom_resolves_10.5m_antitrust_suit_against_north_carolina_state_bar

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

http://www.wral.com/state-bar-weighs-discipline-for-second-lawyer-in-racial-justice-act-case/14926402/

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 ....

http://www.wral.com/state-bar-weighs-discipline-for-second-lawyer-in-racial-justice-act-case/14926402/