As baseball fans know, any trip to the ballpark requires a good hot dog. And one hot dog soars above the rest: the all-beef kosher hot dog. A Minnesota judge was probably enjoying fond October baseball memories when he recently wrote a notable decision in a putative class action that […]
Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued opinions and rulings on petitions. Readers of this blog will find at least one of the opinions and one of the petition rulings interesting. First, in Dallaire v. Bank of America, the Supreme Court held that “[o]rdinary borrower-lender transactions . . . do not […]
People often ask us how to stay on top of this field. (We know that they’re implying the phrase “besides reading your blog.”) We read a lot of different types of material, as you can imagine. But as for blogs, here are some that we monitor and find especially useful: […]
Pick a random case from, for example, the North Carolina Business Court’s online docket. The complaint and any counterclaims probably allege a violation of North Carolina’s “unfair and deceptive trade practices” statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1. Why is section 75-1.1 so important? First, the statute’s broad wording—“unfair and deceptive”—creates […]