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Latest News in North Carolina

  • July 10, 2025

    Original BBQ Joint Lays Claim To TM In Fight With Franchise

    The original location in a North Carolina chain of barbecue restaurants has shot back at a trademark infringement suit brought by the company that runs its sister restaurants, arguing it never lost ownership of the marks after the two entities split ways two decades ago.

  • July 10, 2025

    NC Officials Reject Protest Of $81.5M Helene Contract

    The North Carolina Department of Commerce rejected a Morrisville company's protest of its decision to award an $81.5 million contract for disaster recovery operations in connection with Hurricane Helene to an out-of-state vendor. 

  • July 10, 2025

    Unions Defend Block On DOGE's Social Security Data Access

    The full Fourth Circuit should affirm a Maryland federal judge's decision to block the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration data, two unions and a retirees' advocacy group argued, saying that dissolving the injunction would violate their members' right to privacy.

  • July 10, 2025

    4th Circ. Pauses Air Quality Suit As EPA Rethinks W.Va. Plan

    The Fourth Circuit on Thursday granted a request to pause West Virginia's ozone regulation lawsuit so the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can reconsider the state's air quality compliance plan.

  • July 10, 2025

    Airline Mogul Resolves Hacking Case Against NC Investigator

    Aviation executive Farhad Azima has resolved his long-running lawsuit accusing a North Carolina private investigator of leaking his emails as part of an international hacking conspiracy, according to a joint motion dropping the case filed in federal court.

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