Appeal from Business Court orders denying plaintiffs' motion for entry of default judgment; whether defendant's contacts with North Carolina were sufficient to support a determination that personal jurisdiction existed.

Appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals holding that defendant did not qualify as an 'Indian' within the definition of the Indian Major Crimes Act.

Appeal from convictions for failure to exhibit or surrender a driver's license and resisting, delaying, or obstructing a public officer; whether the Court of Appeals majority erred in holding that defendant did not forfeit his right to counsel and therefore must receive a new trial.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3); ability to pay reasonable portion of the children's cost of care.

Appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals that, on remand from this Court, reversed a trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop; whether the law enforcement officer unreasonably extended the traffic stop without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity in violation of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Rodriguez v. United States.

Possession of weapon of mass death and destruction; Motion to Dismiss; Whether a flash bang grenade constitutes a weapon of mass death and destruction pursuant to N.C.G.S. 14-288.8(c)(1); Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to withstand a motion to dismiss the charge of possession of a weapon of mass death and destruction.

Administrative Law; North Carolina Human Resources Act; Whether the Court of Appeals erred in its decision to vacate petitioner's award of back pay and attorneys' fees.

Whether the trial court erred in applying the lex loci test, rather than the most significant relationship test, in determining whether summary judgment should have been granted with respect to plaintiffs' misappropriation of trade secrets claim; whether the trial court erred in ruling on motions for summary judgment and to exclude expert testimony.

Termination of parental rights: whether the trial court's findings of fact were supported by clear and convincing evidence and supported its conclusions of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1).

Appeal from an order and opinion of the Business Court concluding that insurers can depreciate labor costs when calculating actual cash value.