Gary D Robertson

May 23, 2007 | Law.com

Both the North Carolina Medical Society and the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers are supporting a bill, approved in the House by a wide margin Monday night, that caps monetary damages in negligence cases at $1 million, but only for those who agree to go to binding arbitration. The agreement is a marked change from previous years, when physicians have blamed rising malpractice insurance premiums on multimillion-dollar awards by runaway juries.

By Gary D. Robertson

4 minute read

May 31, 2006 | Law.com

North Carolina's State Treasurer Richard Moore said Tuesday the state retirement system will withhold its shareholder votes for re-election of five Exxon Mobil directors at the company's annual meeting to protest high executive pay as gasoline prices soar. The system owns 11 million shares of Exxon Mobil stock valued at $663 million, but those make up just a fraction of the company's roughly 6 billion shares.

By Gary D. Robertson

3 minute read

May 31, 2006 | Law.com

North Carolina's State Treasurer Richard Moore said Tuesday the state retirement system will withhold its shareholder votes for re-election of five Exxon Mobil directors at the company's annual meeting to protest high executive pay as gasoline prices soar. The system owns 11 million shares of Exxon Mobil stock valued at $663 million, but those make up just a fraction of the company's roughly 6 billion shares.

By Gary D. Robertson

3 minute read

August 08, 2007 | Law.com

Attorney General Roy Cooper vowed Monday to keep pressuring lawmakers to approve legislation that will require minors to get parental permission before using MySpace.com and other social networking Web sites. Cooper, along with top law enforcement officials in other states, said the sites provide sexual predators easy access to children and teenagers because people of any age can join.

By Gary D. Robertson

3 minute read