A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected Raleigh attorney Gene Boyce’s effort to force the State Bar to seek an outside review of a professional misconduct…
Michael E. Tigar, Professor Emeritus at Duke Law School, was one of 15 law professors who accused the presidential advisor of ethical violations in a complaint filed with the DC Court of Appeals on…
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on a Raleigh lawyer’s complaint that the State Bar should investigate N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for alleged professional misconduct. Jon Sanders’ Daily…
Durham Public Schools Board of Education has cancelled Superintendent Eric Becoats’ district-issued credit card following questions about his use of the card for personal business. Becoats has –shall we say…
More than a year after Carolina Journal‘s original coverage of the issue — with a November 2011 follow-up report — the News & Observer offers us this information today: RALEIGH…
Paul Chesser documents for the National Legal and Policy Center a complaint filed with the N.C. Medical Board in connection with Environmental Protection Agency tests that could have exposed test…
Reagan High School teacher Chuck Warren was found dead just one day after being suspended after allegation of improper conduct. Foul play is not suspected, although Warren’s death is suspicious,…
The Greensboro ABC Board releases a prepared statement on general Katie Alley’s dismissal last week. The statement cites the private investigator’s report that “found violations involving distressed liquor, mini bottles,…
Because City Manager Curt Walton and City Attorney Mac McCarley are directly responsible for bungling a sexual harassment issue between a city staffer and some member of city council, they…
We have, on occasion, discussed different forms of argument. We have not, however, encountered this: An argument between two debate coaches that was caught on video was not the sharp-witted…
Brocker: The violation of the rules is not in question. There’s a different standard when making misrepresentations on someone else’s knowledge and based on your own knowledge. Says it is…
An attorney who is the State Bar’s grievance committee chairman. He’s a member of the State Bar Council. Explains substance of the grievance, mainly saying outrageous stuff before trial, as…