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March 28, 2019 Thomas H. Segars
Posted in  Other 75-1.1 Issues

An Unlikely New Target for Consumer Protection Laws: Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Religious Education

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 […]

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March 19, 2019 Scottie Forbes Lee
Posted in  75-1.1 Exemptions

On the intersection of competition law and local-government conduct

This post studies an interesting question in competition law: can a local government be sued for money damages based on a federal antitrust violation? The answer is “no,” according to a recent decision from a federal court in Charlotte. Benitez v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority is one of several high-profile antitrust cases […]

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February 12, 2019 Thomas H. Segars
Posted in  Creditors Rights, Lender Liability, and Bankruptcy

No Hot-Dogging: The Intersection of Section 75-1.1 and Federal Franchise Law

This post examines two new decisions that apply N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 to a specific factual context: the relationship between franchisors and franchisees. The decisions—Trident Atlanta, LLC v. Charlie Graingers Franchising, LLC and Sanghrajka v. Family Fare, LLC—parallel one another in important ways, but reach different results. This post summarizes […]

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