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 […]
As we’ve discussed at some length, privacy and data security laws create significant litigation risk for businesses. Individuals, other businesses, and federal and state regulators can and do sue when they believe a business violates these laws. Those same laws can also create risk in the conduct of litigation, even […]
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 […]
Around this time last year, we discussed a proposal by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican state representative Jason Saine to overhaul North Carolina’s data-breach law. That proposal didn’t get much traction: no bill was ever formally presented to the legislature for consideration. On January 17, Attorney General […]
