July 15, 2024
The second half of 2024 will see the North Carolina Business Court tackle media rights in one of the country's largest collegiate athletic conferences while state justices weigh the scope of hospital immunity under the Tar Heel State's COVID-19 emergency law.
January 01, 2024
Constitutional challenges reign supreme in North Carolina in 2024 as a liberal state Supreme Court justice confronts a judicial watchdog's investigation into comments she made about diversity on the bench and critics look to dismantle part of the state's 12-week abortion law.
August 25, 2023
National media company Courthouse News Service on Thursday argued against a motion to dismiss its May lawsuit against the director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts and three county court clerks in federal court, saying its present claims are the same deployed in previously successful litigation spearheaded by the news outlet.
August 02, 2023
The overdue digital transformation of North Carolina's state court system this year has drawn lawsuits alleging the software led to civil rights abuses and constitutional violations, but experts say the rocky rollout doesn't guarantee certain claims will succeed.
July 26, 2023
The director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts and three county court clerks asked a federal judge on Monday to toss a media suit over its processing of new civil complaints, arguing that an "on-receipt" standard of access by the public goes against a 2021 Fourth Circuit precedent.
May 26, 2023
National media company Courthouse News Service sued the director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts and three county court clerks in federal court on Thursday, saying a new e-filing system is creating dayslong delays in obtaining access to new civil rights complaints, in violation of the First Amendment.