Mealey's (March 1, 2019, 10:53 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two weeks after North Carolina waived its right to respond to a petition for certiorari in an appeal over the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (CRCA) was unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 asked the state to file a brief on whether the statute properly abrogated sovereign immunity in the area of copyright infringement (Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper III, et al., No. 18-877, U.S. Sup.)....