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North Carolina sits in the Southeastern region of the US, and is located in the Fourth Federal Circuit Court System. With a land area of nearly 54,000 sq. miles it is the 28th most expansive US state, and with over 10 million residents, is the 9th most populous state. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties, with the capital city of Raleigh. This city, along with Durham, makes up the Research Triangle Park, which is the largest research park in the US. Charlotte is the most populous municipal, and is also the third largest banking center in the US, after New York and San Francisco.

Although the Great Depression greatly affected the state, the New Deal which was struck by Franklin D. Roosevelt helped farmers in the cotton and tobacco industries. Piedmont, Durham, and Raleigh, were among the many cities which thrived soon after WWII, helping the state’s economy begin its growth following the period of depression. The development of the Research Triangle, major universities in the area, and Charlotte becoming a major banking hub in the 1990s, all led to the state’s economic prowess. This along with the boom in tourism, has greatly helped the state recover after several years of downturn. In fact, North Carolina has a very broad economic base. Research, banking, hydroelectric power, agriculture, and tourism, are a few of the many industries the state thrives in. Charlotte is also a major textile and trade hub, and in 2010 Forbes Magazine rated the state as the 3rd best for Business.

The Government of North Carolina has a structure that was laid out in the North Carolina Constitution. Like the federal government, the state has a government broken into the judicial, legislative, and executive branches.

The executive branch consists of a ten-member state council, which includes the following officers:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Commissioner of Agriculture
Commissioner of Insurance
Commissioner of Labor
Superintendent of Public Education
State Treasurer
State Auditor

The legislative branch is the North Carolina General Assembly, consisting of the 120-member North Carolina House of Representatives and the 50-member North Carolina Senate.

The judicial branch of North Carolina is led by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, consisting of seven justices. The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court, consisting of 15 member judges who rule on cases in panels of three. These two courts combined create the appellate division of the state’s court system.

North Carolina’s trial court division consists of the Superior Court and the District Court. The Superior Court hears all the felony cases and reviews District court decisions. The District court has original jurisdiction over family law matters, juvenile cases for children under the age of 16 and children under 18 who are dependent, neglected or abused. Additionally, the court hears civil claims under $10,000, and small claims involving up to $5000.

North Carolina contributes 15 electoral votes to the general election.

Among the popular universities in the state are Duke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest. There are a total of 58 public community colleges in the state, and North Carolina State University is the largest in the state, with over 34,000 enrolled students.

Industrialization, marijuana legalization, immigration, workplace and labor and employment news stories, Bitcoin and data security/breach cases, are some of the major stories covered by the National Law Review, as they relate to the state of North Carolina. Visitors will find these, and other major updates, legislation, agency news, and prominent headlines on the NLR website, and will routinely find the most up to date stories from the state.

Date	Title	Organization
1 Feb	North Carolina’s Alternative Gas Pilot Program Flares Up	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
17 Jan	Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Not Subject to the Any Willing Provider Laws in GA, MS, or NC, says Eighth Circuit	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
17 Jan	"We'll Just Kick Him Out!" Private Country and Social Clubs Member Discipline and Expulsion	Ward and Smith, P.A.
10 Jan	North Carolina AG Seeks Breach Notification for Ransomware, Other Enhancements to Data Breach Law	Jackson Lewis P.C.
10 Jan	North Carolina District Court Rules that University Is Subject to Personal Jurisdiction, Rejecting Argument That It Did Not Intentionally Place Calls to North Carolina Resident	Faegre Drinker
13 Dec	N.C. Supreme Court Interprets California Demand Requirement, But Did The Statute Apply?	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
10 Dec	TCPA Lawyers Cashing In: Court Approves Massive $20.4MM Fee Award in Favor of Class Counsel in TCPA Case Against Dish Networks	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
27 Nov	STAR Partnership and State Responses to GILTI	McDermott Will & Emery
26 Nov	U.S. Department of Justice Settles Anti-Steering Suit Against Hospital System; First Such Settlement After Amex SCOTUS Decision	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
26 Nov	2018 Recap: State Responses to the Repatriation Transition Tax in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act	McDermott Will & Emery
15 Nov	DOJ Reaches Proposed Settlement in Anti-Steering Case Against Atrium Health (f/k/a Carolinas HealthCare)	Mintz
15 Nov	New DOL Opinion Letter Extinguishes Private Fire Department’s Eligibility for Overtime Exemption	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
7 Nov	Accentuate the Positive	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
12 Oct	How a European Union Privacy Law is Shaping North Carolina Business and Litigation	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
4 Oct	Does “Any Defendant” Really Mean “Any Defendant”?	K&L Gates
17 Sep	Hurricane Florence Losses Estimated at $2.5 Billion	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
13 Sep	Force Majeure Best Practices – Hurricane Florence Edition	Foley & Lardner LLP
13 Sep	OCR Releases Hurricane Florence Guidance Ahead of Storm	Murtha Cullina
29 Aug	Yo Ho No: Lack of Express Language Scuttles Claim of Sovereign Immunity Waiver	McDermott Will & Emery
23 Aug	New NC PFAS Law Poses Litigation Threat For Manufacturers	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
9 Aug	Back To School: Are Your Employees Entitled To Leave?	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
23 Jul	Invention Assignment Agreements – How to Avoid Pitfalls	Foley & Lardner LLP
19 Jul	Supreme Court Internet Sales Tax Case Will Require Many Companies to File State Corporate Income Tax Returns – Even If They Are Not Subject to Sales Tax	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
26 Jun	North Carolina Legislature Expands Opportunities for Employment of Persons With Criminal Records; Shields Employers From Negligence Claims	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
4 Jun	A Rundown of Recent State Action Relating to Medicaid Expansion	Mintz
1 May	Making Sure the Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Navigating Director and Officer Liability Insurance for Community Associations	Ward and Smith, P.A.
19 Mar	N.C. Supreme Court Holds Real Estate Brokers May Testify on the Issue of Fair Market Value	Ward and Smith, P.A.
25 Feb	The Legal Commercialization of Industrial Hemp in North Carolina	Ward and Smith, P.A.
21 Feb	There’s a Form for That? Breach Notices and State Reporting Portals	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
16 Feb	BitConnect Promoters Targeted in Class Action Suits, Twice in One Week	Proskauer Rose LLP
12 Feb	Antitrust Attacks on “No-Poach” Agreements Between Employers Accelerating	Mintz
30 Jan	North Carolina Proposed Data Breach Legislation & Security Breach Report 2017	Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
22 Jan	Data Breach Notification Revisions in North Carolina Would Bring Radical Change	Vedder Price
19 Jan	Fight Against Sexual Misconduct Bringing Regulations, Protections for Lobbyists	Covington & Burling LLP
12 Jan	ICE Announces Enforcement Priorities, Raids Nearly 100 7-Eleven Stores	Jackson Lewis P.C.
10 Jan	North Carolina AG Proposes Stronger Breach Notification and Personal Information Safeguard Requirements	Jackson Lewis P.C.
14 Dec	Developer-Buyer Beware: Calling Assumed Improvement Bonds In North Carolina Can Be Complex	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
14 Dec	New North Carolina Law Provides Mechanism for Prosecuting Worker Misclassification	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
8 Dec	Alleging and Proving Standing to Challenge Rezoning	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
27 Nov	The EEOC on Pregnancy, Reasonable Accommodation, and Religion	Ward and Smith, P.A.
6 Nov	North Carolina Oyster and Marine Aquaculture Makes a Splash	Ward and Smith, P.A.
30 Oct	We Want Our Neighborhood Back: A North Carolina Homeowners Association's Guide to the Use and Enforcement of Rental Restrictions	Ward and Smith, P.A.
23 Oct	The Revival of North Carolina General Assembly Special Sessions and Why They Matter	Ward and Smith, P.A.
23 Oct	Liability, Damages, and Negligence: What Victims Need to Know About North Carolina Trucking Accidents	Ward and Smith, P.A.
16 Oct	Your Foreclosure Hearing Just Got More Crowded	Ward and Smith, P.A.
4 Oct	North Carolina Confronts Misclassification: What Your Organization Needs to Know About the Employee Fair Classification Act	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
18 Sep	Well, Isn't That a Special Use? Navigating the Special Use Permit Process in North Carolina	Ward and Smith, P.A.
18 Sep	Do I Need An Estate Plan?	Ward and Smith, P.A.
14 Sep	Lawsuits Over Rescission of DACA	Jackson Lewis P.C.
11 Sep	The North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act: A Practical Introduction for Real Estate Practitioners	Ward and Smith, P.A.