Wake Up Call: Robinson Hires Firm to Investigate ‘False Smears’

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• Mark Robinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in North Carolina, has hired Binnall Law Group to investigate what he says are “false smears” in a CNN report that said the candidate called himself a “black NAZI” on a pornographic website message board. Robinson threatened to sue CNN earlier in the week. (The News & Observer)
• The City of London Law Society criticized proposals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to create new fining bands with the power to ...