North Carolina

The owner of a landfill in North Carolina wanted a local woman to stop complaining to county officials about his long-controversial dump. His lawyer, from one of North Carolina's most influential law firms, sent her a letter that insisted, "This has to stop"—or else.

A state senator sued her rival in the U.S. Senate campaign, claiming a Republican senator defamed her with a campaign television commercial that implies the Democrat would support a “Godless” agenda.

A media company filed a federal lawsuit against a NC woman for defamation, trade libel and “tortious interference with business relationship.

An official sued a couple for libel.