McCrory Appoints Shanahan as State’s Secretary of Public Safety

RALEIGH, N.C. – Governor-elect Pat McCrory named Raleigh attorney Kieran Shanahan of Shanahan Law Group, PLLC, to the post of Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Shanahan is a former federal prosecutor and four-term Raleigh City Councilor. He has been named one of the “Top 100 Lawyers” in America by the National…

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Sanderson Farms Nixes Nash Poultry Plant

Sanderson Farms officials announced Tuesday their decision to abandon plans to open a large-scale chicken processing plant in Nash County. “That’s good news,” said Wilson Mayor Bruce Rose, just minutes after learning about the decision. “That’s good news.” A Nash County commissioner partly attributed the decision to legal battles surrounding the proposed plant site. The…

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Judge to Review Sanderson Farms Suit

Nov 03, 2012 (Menafn – The Wilson Daily Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — A Superior Court judge will review the latest lawsuit filed against Nash County that alleges the commissioners failed to follow state law when buying land that could become the future site of a Sanderson Farms poultry plant. Two prominent…

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Defamation Suit by Former NC Democratic Party staffer moves forward

RALEIGH, N.C. – A former staff member’s defamation suit against the North Carolina Democratic party will move forward. Judge Howard Manning heard pretrial arguments Tuesday morning in Wake County Superior Court. Lawyers for Adriadn Ortega argued party chairman David Parker defamed their client in an April 19 news conference. As part of discovery, Manning ordered…

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Residents Sue Nash County Over Chicken Plant

Nashville, N.C. — Two Nash County residents filed suit Tuesday against the county and chicken processor Sanderson Farms Inc., alleging that they improperly used a secret deal to bring a chicken plant to the area. Sanderson Farms announced last month that it would build a “poultry complex” on 26 acres the company bought in December…

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Judge denies motion to delay sexual harassment case surrounding NC Democratic Party

RALEIGH– A Wake County judge denied the defense’s motion to stay discovery until after the November election in the court case surrounding the sexual harassment scandal within the state’s Democratic party. Now, attorneys for both sides can continue investigating former staffer Adrian Ortega’s accusation of sexual harassment by the party’s former executive director Jay Parmley.…

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Ortega attorney seeks injunction against Dems

Attorney Kieran Shanahan is seeking an injunction to stop what he says is the “demonizing” of former Democratic Party staffer Adrian Ortega by party officials. The request will be heard Wednesday afternoon by Wake Superior Court Judge Howard Manning… http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/blogpost/11372783/

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Residents take NC DOT to court over stalled NC 540 project

Raleigh, N.C. — Dozens of Wake County property owners were in court Monday supporting a civil lawsuit against the North Carolina Department of Transportation over stalled plans to extend the N.C. Highway 540 loop around Wake County. http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/11041594/

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Jury Selection begins tomorrow in Edwards trial

The criminal trial of former North Carolina senator John Edwards begins April 23rd, and jury selection begins tomorrow. The former democratic presidential candidate is hoping that eventual jury will clear him of alleged campaign finance violations, and keep him from being sent to prison. Raleigh attorney Kieran Shanahan told NBC-17, he expects the selection to…

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