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A New Bern eye surgeon challenges a law that costs his patients time and money.

Attorneys with both the ACLU and Institute for Justice have filed briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight with North Carolina's top health official.

The N.C. Supreme Court issued orders Monday allowing attorneys from both the ACLU and Institute for Justice to file briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight against the state’s top health official. State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is urging the high court to reverse the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel ruled in August 2022 that speedway owners could pursue a lawsuit against Kinsley over a forced shutdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lawmakers have a chance to end state's CON game

A vote for Senate Bill 48 could end ongoing legal disputes about a regulation that stifles health care competition.

The N.C. Supreme Court can clear up legal confusion about the state’s certificate-of-need law if it takes up a New Bern eye surgeon’s case. That’s the key argument in a new brief filed Wednesday.

The latest chapter in N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s feud with state hospitals involves a new friend-of-the-court brief at the state Supreme Court. Folwell supports a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of state certificate-of-need restrictions.

A New Bern eye doctor lost a lawsuit last week that he filed against the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has dismissed a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge against the state’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Yet Judge John Tyson’s written opinion highlighted problems associated with the state's CON process.

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