/northcarolina?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: North Carolina Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:34:11 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353114?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353114 A blasting services and distribution company used unqualified personnel, made design errors and failed to supervise an explosives operation at a Colorado quarry, a construction company alleged in North Carolina federal court. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:06:13 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353770?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353770 Officers and directors of doughnut chain Krispy Kreme Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims that they concealed that a partnership with burger chain McDonald's was yielding disappointing results, hurting investors when the company finally conceded that it was facing financial uncertainty in connection with the deal. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:56:22 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353931 The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the Fourth Circuit to toss an appeal challenging the U.S. Naval Academy's consideration of race in admissions because the school has since changed its admissions program "so that race and ethnicity are no longer considered in any way at any point." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:12:07 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353758 Lowe's overcharges its employees for health insurance if they are tobacco users in violation of federal benefits law, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in North Carolina federal court. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:48:10 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353782 Settlements continue to trickle in for a sweepstakes and casino game maker over a huge copyright and trademark infringement suit in which it alleges dozens of companies and individuals in North Carolina used and profited from its gambling software without a license. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:12:30 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353834?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353834 A former medical center worker who claims she was fired out of pregnancy bias urged the Fourth Circuit to reconsider upholding the dismissal of her suit, arguing the panel ignored evidence that she performed her job successfully when crediting her ex-employer's defense that she was fired for subpar work. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:07:22 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353850 A Virginia homeowner cannot recover premiums he'd prepaid for private mortgage insurance under a federal law mandating such insurance for certain borrowers, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday, finding the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998's premium refund provisions do not extend to voluntary insurance cancellation agreements. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:01:15 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353796 A coalition of vaping industry interests has asked a North Carolina federal judge to halt enforcement of a new state law regulating electronic cigarettes while its lawsuit alleging the policy is preempted by federal law plays out. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:25:50 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353731 A California hemp farm is urging a Tennessee federal court not to throw out its suit as untimely against a Tennessee sheriff's office over $3.9 million in hemp flower the farm claimed was wrongly seized and then destroyed, saying it only learned that the hemp was illegally seized at a hearing for the hemp deliveryman months afterward. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:23:04 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353718 The former owner of a North Carolina concrete company is seeking attorney fees after defeating a buyer's fraud suit in a rare midtrial victory, saying her opponent should have to cover her legal costs for bringing claims to trial that were both "frivolous" and "malicious." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:24:31 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353128?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353128 A North Carolina town forced a Black worker to retire due to his age after refusing to properly staff and fund his wastewater treatment facility with the same resources handed to white managers, he said in a race and age bias suit in federal court. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:58:44 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353695 Attorneys general from 55 U.S. states and territories on Monday backed Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion deal to settle opioid injury claims against the company and the Sackler family, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Purdue's previous plan to end litigation over its role in the opioid epidemic. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:56:45 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353248 A California federal judge on Friday narrowed the pool of cases set for the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation by school districts and personal injury plaintiffs over claims social media is addictive, choosing six bellwether school districts in Maryland, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina and Arizona. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:28:17 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2352992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2352992 The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:08:03 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2352554?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2352554 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including an inside look at California's Builder's Remedy, aggressive moves by South Korean mezzanine lenders, and why one BigLaw hospitality leader says hotels are "scared to death."  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:01:37 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353247 The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Maryland mechanical contractor's lawsuit against a Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation Workers local on Friday, ruling that the union's alleged smear campaign against the company didn't rise to the level of an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:10:48 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353427 The CEO of brokerage MV Realty is banned from doing professional real estate business in North Carolina and local homeowners were released from "predatory" agreements that they signed with one of his other companies, the state's attorney general announced Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:05:17 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353234 A North Carolina-based hospitality group can't resurrect its suit seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, a federal court ruled, saying changes in decisional law after a final ruling do not constitute "extraordinary circumstances" warranting relief from a judgment. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:00:30 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2349545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2349545 To get around bans in North Carolina and many other states, debt relief companies set up facade law firms — companies that are law firms in name only, with a tiny number of lawyers nominally serving thousands of clients, consumer advocates and regulators say. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:49:09 +0000 /northcarolina/articles/2353257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /northcarolina/articles/2353257 A North Carolina federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Texas-based patent owner of trying to extort a license from software company Red Hat Inc., finding the court has authority to hear the dispute.