The reach of N.C. Gen. Stat § 75-1.1 extends to conduct “in or affecting commerce.” Although this phrasing seems broad, courts interpreted it to exempt several types of conduct from the statute’s purview. One recognized exemption is for internal business disputes: that is, conduct among members of the same business. A recent decision by the […]
A recent opinion from the North Carolina Business Court illustrates courts’ continued reluctance to allow section 75-1.1 claims in the context of an employer-employee relationship. Judge James L. Gale recently dismissed a N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 claim that arose from an employment relationship that had evolved into a business […]
In the fall of 2015, we wrote about a case between two sports agents. The suit concerned the decision by Robert Quinn, a former football standout at the University of North Carolina, to switch agents. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina entered summary judgment against the spurned […]
Courts often opine on the relationship between N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 and other bodies of law. In a recent case, a federal court announced a rare holding of that type: a holding that another body of law regulates an area so pervasively that applying section 75-1.1 is impossible. A […]