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Latest News in North Carolina

  • February 06, 2026

    $8M Rent-To-Own Class Settlements Get Final OK

    Five years of litigation — split between sister suits in North Carolina state and federal court — revolving around allegedly exorbitant fees on rent-to-own contracts for storage sheds ended this week after both courts entered final judgments and cemented a combined $8 million settlement.

  • February 06, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Data Center Moratoriums, Fraud Detection

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the states that may pump the brakes on data center construction and what private real estate lenders should know about fraud risk.

  • February 06, 2026

    Bojangles Let Russian Hackers Steal Worker Data, Suit Says

    Fried chicken fast food chain Bojangles allegedly let Russian hackers infiltrate its computer system and steal hundreds of thousands of files on its employees, resulting in the exposure of their sensitive personal information on the dark web, according to a new complaint in North Carolina's business court.

  • February 06, 2026

    'Cardiac Pack' Wants NC Justices To Revive NIL Suit

    A group of former student-athletes from the early 1980s is urging North Carolina's highest court to revive their name, image and likeness lawsuit against the NCAA, arguing the organization's use of gameplay footage to advertise March Madness is a continuing harm.

  • February 06, 2026

    Ex-President Accuses Physician AI Co. Of Fraud, Wage Theft

    A data science platform and its top brass persuaded its former chief strategy officer and president to invest $750,000 in the business, only then to not pay him wages, the former employee told a North Carolina federal court, claiming he's owed more than $430,000 in commission wages.

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