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Legal Ethics

‘Of Counsel’ Relationships Properly Understood

by Mark Scruggs

May 7, 2025

The “of counsel” relationship can offer many benefits to a lawyer, like: Flexibility in practice. Expertise sharing and mentorship. Enhanced...

Opinion

The Case for Keeping the NC Innocence Inquiry Commission

by Christine Mumma

May 7, 2025

The NC Senate’s 2025-27 budget cuts North Carolina’s Innocence Inquiry Commission, which has an annual budget of $1.6 million. Over...

Legal Ethics

Border Searches and Your Ethical Obligations

by Jennifer Bovitz

April 23, 2025

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), along with foreign ports of entry, have authority to search electronic devices including mobile...

Professional Development

The Vanishing BigLaw Career Path: Strategies for Navigating the Narrow Road to Partnership

by Dale Durham

April 2, 2025

Over the past five years, the legal landscape for elite associates has transformed dramatically, making it harder for many to...

Legal Marketing

From Paper to Podcasts: Coordinating the Legal Content Calendar Across Multiple Channels

by Jessica Kaplan

March 21, 2025

On April 5, 2025, the 75-day reprieve on TikTok’s national ban will expire. Content creators around the world risk losing...

Private Equity’s Push into Personal Injury Law: Market Consolidation, ABS Expansion & The Impending Succession Challenge

The personal injury (PI) legal sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by increasing private equity (PE) investment, expanding alternative business

Mentoring the Next Generation: Investing in Our Future

My law firm played a role in shaping my career. I started at Bye, Goff & Rohde as a college

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The Law

Trump vs. The Legal Profession: Executive Orders or Extortion?

“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right… to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.” —

In Data We Trust?

America is in a strange place right now, with upheavals in the federal government, the courts, and the international trading

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Legal Tech

Saving Graceland… and Leeza.io Can Save Your Property, Too

Imagine visiting Graceland to tour Elvis’ mansion only to find out you can’t. A “sold” sign is on the Gates

Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape: Protecting Your Firm in the Age of Technology

Technology offers law firms diverse possibilities for seamless integration and collaboration and small and large firms alike can now sidestep

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From the Expert

In Data We Trust?

America is in a strange place right now, with upheavals in the federal government, the courts, and the international trading

Collaboration in Life Care Planning: Does it Really Matter?

The concept of life care planning has evolved within the litigation arena. However, in the over 40-plus years in which

The Value of Expert Witness Testimony from a Substance Use Professional in Criminal Court

Expert witness testimony plays a crucial role in both family and criminal court cases, especially when substance use disorders (SUDs)

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Lawyer Life & Finance

Changes to Social Security in 2025: The Social Security Windfall

There are adjustments to Social Security every year. Most often, we hear about benefit changes through cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) –

Long-Term Care Planning: The Story of Two Households

Planning for eventual long-term care (LTC) needs is a big part of planning for one’s financial future. Some self-insure through

Raleigh Divorce Lawyer Kathleen Murphy Is Regular Guest on Nancy Grace

A Microsoft executive and father of four was gunned down in 2022. It was a murder-for-hire hit orchestrated by his ex-wife

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Legal Trivia

Which Supreme Court case ruled that coerced confessions are inadmissible in state courts because they violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Escobedo v. Illinois

WRONG! Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) dealt with the right to counsel during police interrogations, not physical coercion or due process under the 14th Amendment.

Miranda v. Arizona

WRONG! Miranda v. Arizona (1966) built on earlier cases to require that suspects be informed of their rights, but it wasn’t the first to rule coerced confessions unconstitutional.

Brown v. Mississippi

CORRECT! Brown v. Mississippi (1936) was the first major case where the Supreme Court ruled that confessions obtained through torture and physical coercion violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, making such confessions inadmissible in state prosecutions. It laid the foundation for modern standards on voluntariness in confessions.

Rochin v. California

WRONG! Rochin v. California (1952) involved due process too, but centered on police forcibly pumping a suspect’s stomach for evidence—not coerced confessions.

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