Last Spring, the North Carolina Court of Appeals had a rare occasion to consider an unfair and deceptive trade practice claim asserted in the context of private-school education. Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc. is sui generis—a must-read for anyone interested in either education law or section 75-1.1 claims. […]
Most of the cases we write about are contested; two (or more) parties with conflicting views on the propriety of a section 75-1.1 claim present their arguments and let a Court decide who’s right. But what happens when the defending party doesn’t even show up? Does the plaintiff automatically prevail […]
Today’s post examines two recent decisions from the North Carolina Business Court, Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC v. Moody and Langley v. Autocraft, Inc. These decisions implicate two related exemptions from section 75-1.1 liability for intra-enterprise operations and conduct occurring in the employer-employee relationship. The intra-enterprise exemption, rooted in the statute’s […]
Have you purchased tickets for a Tennessee Williams play—assuming that you were going to enjoy a distinctly “Tennessee” theater experience—only to learn that Tennessee Williams was born in Mississippi? Were you crestfallen to find out that your Canadian bacon didn’t come from Canada at all? If so, you may have […]
