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March 16, 2021 James M. Weiss
Posted in  Economic-Loss Rule Substantial Aggravating Circumstances

Lunch and Learn: More Economic-Loss Rule Uncertainty in Section 75-1.1 Claims, this Time with More Juice Cups

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 […]

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February 23, 2021 Scottie Forbes Lee
Posted in  Other 75-1.1 Issues

N.C. Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Claims under State Constitution’s Anti-monopoly Clause

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 […]

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February 9, 2021 Thomas H. Segars
Posted in  Privacy and Data Security

Wire-Transfer Phishing in Recent Section 75-1.1 Case Follows a Familiar Fact Pattern

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 […]

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January 26, 2021 Scottie Forbes Lee
Posted in  75-1.1 Exemptions

N.C. Supreme Court: Quasi-municipal Corporations Are Immune from State Antitrust and Section 75-1.1 Liability

We have previously discussed whether a local-government entity can be sued for money damages based on a federal antitrust violation. Today’s post discusses a similar question: are quasi-municipal corporations—a type of local-government entity—exempt from liability under section 75-1.1 and North Carolina’s antitrust laws? Last month, the Supreme Court of North […]

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