North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office is defending the state’s lawsuit against social media platform TikTok. The company filed a motion in January to dismiss the state’s suit.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is urging a federal judge to return his defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former porn store clerk to state court. Robinson’s lawyers filed a motion Monday to remand the case to the state court system.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and a former porn store clerk filed competing federal court documents this week in Robinson’s defamation lawsuit that also involves CNN. The lieutenant governor challenges defendant Louis Money’s attempt to have the case dismissed.
CNN has filed a motion to dismiss North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation lawsuit against the cable news outlet. Robinson filed the suit during the closing weeks of his campaign for governor.
A man who lost two fingers after a 2020 protest in Charlotte is dropping his First Amendment lawsuit against the city and police officers. Kyre Michell filed a stipulation of dismissal Tuesday in US District Court.
CNN wants a federal court to consider the lawsuit North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson filed against the cable television network. CNN filed paperwork last week removing the case from state court.
Attorneys for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson have amended his defamation lawsuit against CNN, which now seeks in excess of $25,000 in damages, down from $50 million in the original lawsuit filed last week.
A hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 18 in North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation lawsuit. The hearing will address defendant Louis Love Money’s motion to dismiss Robinson’s complaint. There is no indication that the hearing listed on North Carolina’s eCourts system will address the lawsuit's complaints against CNN.
A settlement could be on the way for a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Lawyers on both sides of the dispute filed paperwork Monday seeking to delay court proceedings through July 15.
A federal judge has denied North Carolina state officials’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in December 2022. Critics want the state to shift its focus away from the treatment centers to provide more support services in the children’s home communities.
Top state legislative leaders have filed paperwork this week to intervene in three recent federal lawsuits. Each challenges state election law. Lawyers for State Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, filed motions to intervene in all three cases in North Carolina’s Middle District.
