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North Carolina Judge Reprimanded for Facebook Friend and Googling Information on Litigant
There is an interesting case of judicial ethics out of North Carolina where District Court Judge B. Carlton Terry Jr. was given a public reprimand for becoming “friends” on Facebook with the attorney for the defendant, Charles A...

Judge Reprimanded for Facebook and Google Activities in NC Child Custody and Support Case
Last week, I posted an article addressing what types of information attorneys can obtain using social media.  The following article from the ABA Journal online addresses the types of problems that can arise for judges too: A North Carolina judge has been reprimanded for 'friending' a lawyer in a pending case, posting and reading messages about the litigation, and accessing the website of the opposing party...

More From North Carolina
A couple of interesting disciplinary decisions from the North Carolina State Bar web page: [ A lawyer] of Cary was reprimanded by the DHC for referring to herself as "Madame Justice" on her campaign website after the Grievance Committee issued...

De-friending
In a guest post for Mashable David Spark (@dspark) offers twelve great tales of de-friending:De-friending has always been awkward. Social networks offer one click ?remove a friend? options, but it still doesn?t make the decision any easier....

Judge Reprimanded
A county court judge was publicly reprimanded by the Mississippi Supreme Court for misconduct in his handling of a series of landlord-tenant matters. He had ex parte communications with a tenant and had become involved in the matter by actions...

J. Calvin Cunningham Rips Off Clients
North Carolina J. Calvin Cunningham has been reprimanded by the North Carolina State Bar for cheating clients. This is the kind of stuff that gives lawyers a bad name: A North Carolina lawyer has received a reprimand for billing a divorce client $50 every time he reviewed her bill and every time he sent her a form letter enclosing the...

Tight Budgets Signal Loss of Arbitration in some North Carolina Courts
An arbitration coordinator position has opened in northeast North Carolina, but it will remain unfilled. To avoid laying people off in the North Carolina court system at least 250 vacant positions must remain unfilled in order to balance the office's budget, said Administrative Office of the Courts Director Judge John W...

Maryland Charges Sick And Ailing 81 Year Old Man With Walking Away From Prison Work Detal 43 Years Ago. Arrested In North Carolina Last Month On Defective Warrant, And Maryland Hasn’t Attempted Extradition
CLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA - The attorney for an ailing 81-year-old prison escapee from Maryland is scheduled to appear in court to challenge the warrant used to arrest the man in North Carolina...

Hollister v. Soetoro: Hemenway Reprimanded, Order to Show Cause Discharged
Attorney John D. Hemenway, having filed as an interpleader for Hollister v. Soetoro, has been reprimanded for his help in bringing what Judge James Robertson termed a “legally frivolous lawsuit:” 27...

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