The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling against investors who took a Triangle-based biopharmaceutical company to court. The investors had accused company leaders of illegally misleading them about a corporate merger. Pension funds for police and firefighters in San Antonio and El Paso served as lead plaintiffs in the federal class-action lawsuit.
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and three district attorneys have filed separate motions to dismiss the American Civil Liberties Union’s federal lawsuit against the state’s updated anti-riot law. Those motions reached U.S. District Court on Thursday, two weeks after the ACLU amended its suit.
Between the months of April and June of 2023, Congressman Wiley Nickel, D-NC13, accepted $88,500 from corporate PACs. Company PACs include Amazon, Visa, and H&R Block. During his time in the state legislature, then state-Senator Wiley Nickel sponsored legislation urging Congress to act on corporate influence in American elections, saying “corporate participation in the political process often conflicts with...
North Carolina U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis are among a group of 15 Republican Senators who recently introduced legislation that would repeal changes the Biden Administration made that could negatively impact some home buyers.
Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor have updated their lawsuit against North Carolina’s new abortion regulations. They filed an amended complaint Monday in advance of a return trip to federal court in September.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled Sept. 21 for oral arguments in a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments used by transgender patients. The entire group of eligible 4th Circuit judges will hear the case, Kadel v. Folwell.
A Kannapolis man sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison in a drug case will get a new day in court. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned Monday whether his conviction stemmed from earlier charges that a police officer had promised were “squared away.”
The Carolina Journal has learned that Jeff Hauser, a current NCGA House staffer and experienced Republican operative, will announce an exploratory committee for the 13th U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, is the district’s incumbent. Hauser is currently a research assistant for state Rep. Kristin Baker, M.D., R-Cabarrus. Baker also serves as the...
A split federal Appeals Court has sided with an investment consultant for Lowe’s Home Improvement in a lawsuit filed by employees linked to the company’s retirement plan. The 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court decision.
A federal judge has ruled that an expelled student suing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over its investigation of sex assault charges can proceed without using his real name. The student’s female accusers also will be identified using pseudonyms. The order Thursday from Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger applies to the case Jacob Doe v. University of North Carolina System.
North Carolina U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis are among a contingent of ten Republican senators seeking answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about seven “service centers” with ties to the Chinese Communist Party operating across the U.S., including one in Charlotte.
