Attorney General Roy Cooper's use of a personal liability umbrella insurance policy to pay for his defense in a 13-year-old defamation lawsuit allows him to keep confidential how much he has paid lawyers for his defense, something he could not do if he were using a campaign account or legal defense
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A defamation lawsuit filed 13 years ago by Gene Boyce and three other Raleigh attorneys against Attorney General Roy Cooper, his 2000 campaign committee, and campaign worker Julia White finally is scheduled for a jury trial in April. On Friday, Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III, who was...
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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