Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 generally prohibits covered employers from taking adverse actions against employees on the basis of race, sex, and other protected categories. Employee discipline is often the subject of…
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On June 27, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), holding that the Montgomery County Board of Education’s introduction of LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks into its…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced two changes in June 2025 which are beneficial for employers…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Recent North Carolina legislation addresses the electronic storage of attested written wills. Although electronic wills themselves are not yet fully authorized under North Carolina law, these recent statutory changes allow a…
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/ Civil Procedure, Science, Computers, & Technology
Loan document terms are ambiguous when they are reasonably capable of being interpreted in more than one manner. Contract law often provides that an ambiguous term in a loan document is interpreted against the drafting party…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued another important decision in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida. This decision follows on the heels of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The public often has a misconception that in order to disinherit an heir, one must give the heir a nominal gift in the Last Will and Testament, typically $1.00, $10, or some other such minimal amount. A recent North Carolina…
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/ Civil Procedure
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated and remanded a District Court opinion that denied qualified immunity to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer. In Belton v. Loveridge, the appellate court held the trial…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
On June 12, 2025, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that claims based on educational services brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, concluding that courts cannot require members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The “Sovereign Citizen Movement” is a term used to describe the growing number of individuals who deny the authority and / or legitimacy of the U.S. government. While the “SovCit” movement originated decades ago, there appears…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
On May 1, 2025, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) published the first Field Assistance Bulletin of the year providing guidance to Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) field staff regarding the proper analysis to apply when…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Lenders extend loans with the belief that if a borrower fails to make debt service payments, the lender can sell the underlying collateral and recoup the outstanding balance of the loan. However, bankruptcy courts have the…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
In order to state a claim for discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), a plaintiff must first demonstrate that he or she had an employment relationship with the defendant. Although various…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
On March 19, 2025, EEOC Acting Chair, Andrea Lucas, issued a technical assistance document entitled “What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work” ( “ DEI Technical Assistance Document 1”). On the same date, the…
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