A federal judge issued an order Wednesday officially ending the legal fight between North Carolina’s attorney general and Wake County’s district attorney. The two officials, both Democrats, had disputed possible enforcement of a 1931 state criminal libel law.
The legal battle between North Carolina’s attorney general and Wake County’s district attorney over a 1931 criminal libel law has reached an end. Attorneys for A.G. Josh Stein filed paperwork in federal court Tuesday withdrawing a motion for summary judgment in the case. In a separate document, Stein’s lawyers agreed with lawyers for Wake D.A. Lorrin Freeman that the “case is moot and can appropriately be dismissed.”
North Carolina’s Attorney General has called on Kia America and Hyundai Motor Company to address the crisis of car thefts that are occurring as a result of the companies’ failure to equip vehicles with anti-theft immobilizers.
North Carolina’s Attorney General has shared the top 10 consumer complaints that the state Department of Justice received last year, and the top gripe by a wide margin was unwanted telemarketing and robocalls.
On the Charlotte Talks local news roundup, the sexual assault trial in which a former Myers Park high student is suing CMS begins. The Cotswold Chick-fil-A will become drive-through only. And Attorney General Josh Stein get in the governor’s race early. Mike Collins and local journalists cover those stories and more.