In a recent blog post, we discussed a new antitrust decision from the North Carolina Business Court that involves healthcare providers and health insurers. In that post, we examined the significance of that opinion to indirect-purchaser standing under North Carolina antitrust law. Judge Michael Robinson’s decision in Christopher DiCesare, et […]
It is rare that a North Carolina state court hands down a Chapter 75 decision in a “pure” antitrust matter. The North Carolina Business Court, however, recently did just that. This new decision, moreover, may have far-reaching implications both about who can bring antitrust claims under North Carolina law and […]
A recent decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals highlights an unusual issue: Does N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 apply to conduct by a government employee in a claim brought by his employer, a government entity? In County of Harnett v. Rogers, Harnett County accused a former employee of […]
Does N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 allow a lawsuit by a remote user of a product—a user who had no involvement in buying the product? A federal court in North Carolina recently answered no. An unusual fact pattern for a 75-1.1 case Early one morning, Danielle Washington was driving to […]