A section 75-1.1 claim that finds a place in an employment dispute is rare—like a comet, a meteor shower, or a total eclipse. When one comes along, we cannot help but wonder at it. Even those of us who take the heavens for granted keep a telescope in the attic […]
Today’s blog post is about a recent Fourth Circuit opinion, Foodbuy LLC v. Gregory Packaging, Inc., involving the intersection of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 and everyone’s favorite school lunch item—juice cups. As a bonus, the Fourth Circuit also waded into the unsettled question of whether the economic-loss rule can […]
Last month, we discussed an important decision from the Supreme Court of North Carolina involving antitrust claims against Atrium Health, the large public-hospital system in Charlotte. In DiCesare v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, the Supreme Court held that quasi-municipal corporations like Atrium are exempt from liability under chapter 75—including section 75-1.1 […]
If you aren’t losing sleep over malicious phishing schemes and other cybercrimes, you should be. According to the FBI, one type of cybercrime in particular—Business Email Compromise or BEC—cost businesses more than $26 billion over only three years. And, to bring the point closer to home, according to State Bar […]
