North Carolina News

A federal arbitration panel has approved a binding agreement struck between the top three U.S. tobacco manufacturers and 17 states on a new method of determining payments involving the landmark Master Settlement Agreement.

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and Labaton Sucharow will be the lead law firms in securities lawsuits arising out of Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering, according to a federal judge's ruling on Thursday.

Rates for medical malpractice insurance have been in decline for five years, and a year-old state law that slapped restrictions on lawsuits is being credited with taking them down further.

An asbestos law firm is being accused of fraud by a company that claims the firm produced two different versions of how its client fell ill in an effort to boost recovery.

North Carolina and Alabama are sharply different when it comes to judicial elections. North Carolina pioneered full public financing for judicial elections, to reduce the influence of big money campaign funding on the courts. Alabama, on the other hand, has become known for holding the nation’s most costly state Supreme Court elections between 2000 and 2009.

Conservatives cannot allow Republican lawmakers to soften or defect on the party's fundamental principles or, worse, align with those who are diametrically opposed to everything the GOP stands for: Free enterprise, reasonable taxes, limited government and tort reform. Yes, tort reform — and here's why.

A year after the start of a nationwide investigation of foreclosure practices, state and federal negotiators haven’t settled with banks and face infighting that might leave some states outside any agreement.