West Virginia made history last week when it filed a new lawsuit about the sexual-abuse scandal embroiling the Roman Catholic Church. The state attorney general is suing the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and its former Bishop for failing to protect children from priests and laity who had been credibly accused of […]
I have an appetite for cases about food. Hot dogs. Chicken. Beef. Baked goods. Today, bourbon. A decision last week by the Sixth Circuit analyzed claims of unfair competition and trademark infringement by one bourbon business against another. This post looks at that decision. In full disclosure, neither the case […]
When a claim for violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 goes to trial, what analytical framework governs the admissibility of evidence related to that claim? Today’s post studies a recent decision by Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III in the North Carolina Business Court that raises this question. When an […]
In cases that involve claims brought under North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, an often overlooked issue is whether federal law preempts the 75-1.1 claim. In a case of apparent first impression, a federal district court in North Carolina recently ruled that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act […]