The Danger of Open Meetings Violations
Compliance with the Open Meetings Law is an ongoing, ever-present obligation for all North Carolina public boards. The advent of Governor… Read More
Municipalities & Public Entities
United States Supreme Court Sharpens the Contours of the Automatic Stay
The City of Chicago found itself at the Supreme Court of the United States. The City had refused to accede to… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Prison Officials Are Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity After Housing Inmate in Unconstitutional Conditions and were Deliberately Indifferent to the Inmate’s Health and Safety
In a recent opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granting correctional… Read More
Resuming “In-Person” Board Meetings: Open Meetings Considerations
For approximately the last six months, public boards subject to the Open Meetings Law (“public boards”) have been meeting solely… Read More
4th Circuit Holds Police Are Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity After Shooting a Secured, Incapacitated Suspect; Supreme Court Refuses to Reexamine the Doctrine in Unrelated Matters
In a recently published opinion, the Fourth Circuit held that even if the City could not be liable under a Monell theory,… Read More
Remote Public Meetings: COVID-19’s Impact on Public Meetings
*This provides updated information about remote public meetings. For more information, visit our previous blog post about public meeting compliance. As… Read More
Cranfill Sumner Launches COVID-19 Response Team
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) announced the creation of its COVID-19 Response Team. The team is comprised of… Read More
Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Featured in Harmonie Group’s 2019 Significant Cases
The Harmonie Group released its listing of 2019 Significant Cases. Four cases featuring Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner)… Read More
DOL Approved New Overtime Rule
On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the final version of the new overtime rule was… Read More
Significant Opinion Affecting Governmental Employers
North Carolina Supreme Court recognizes a new claim in favor of governmental employees pursuant to the North Carolina Constitution The… Read More
