North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

12/18/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/17/waiver-exception-leaves-acca-challenge-intact-but-harmless/

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence, but the waiver

12/15/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/15/appeal-waiver-bars-sentencing-challenge/

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the defendant’s convictions for aiding and abetting interstate threatening communications and dismissed the remai

12/15/2025

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12/10/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/10/4th-circuit-revives-detainees-claims-over-missed-medication/

A pretrial detainee’s constitutional and medical malpractice claims filed after he was not provided with medication to manage his mechanical heart valve (MHV)

12/09/2025

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12/09/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/09/beyond-burnout-the-case-for-workplaces-where-people-thrive/

By Jaime Raul Zepeda In my last commentary, I wrote about the lesson of 996 culture, an overwork philosophy that destroys value. Now, the next question is ob

12/08/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/08/court-clerk-who-helped-with-alex-murdaughs-trial-pleads-guilty-to-showing-sealed-exhibits/

The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing

12/02/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/12/02/scotus-father-convicted-of-child-abuse-denied-confrontation-rights/

A father charged with sexually abusing his daughter should not have been denied his unfettered constitutional right of confrontation without a state court first

12/02/2025

A father charged with sexually abusing his daughter should not have been denied his unfettered constitutional right of confrontation without a state court first making a case-specific finding that the screened testimony of the victim — though authorized by state law — was necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a per curiam decision.

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A father charged with sexually abusing his daughter should not have been denied his unfettered constitutional right of confrontation without a state court first

11/25/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/11/25/4th-circuit-largely-upholds-drug-gang-murder-convictions/

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed most of the convictions arising from a violent Northern Virginia drug-trafficking enterprise, concluding that the

11/25/2025

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11/21/2025

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2025/11/21/defend-trade-secrets-act-claim-revived-after-confidentiality-allegations-deemed-sufficient/

In a recent decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a federal trade-secrets lawsuit after concluding that the plaintiffs plausibly alleged misap