Yesterday’s post examined Sackin v. TransPerfect, Inc., where an employer suffered a data breach involving its employees’ sensitive information. After the employees sued, a federal court in New York refused to dismiss claims based on theories of negligence and breach of contract. Today’s post examines another federal case with similar […]
As we’ve previously discussed, companies are often sued by their customers and business partners after a data breach. Another increasingly common source of data-breach litigation comes from within: companies’ own employees. That’s because almost every business collects social security numbers, bank account information, and other sensitive personal information to […]
The North Carolina Business Court has issued several opinions this year that examine the contours of the “internal business affairs” doctrine. As we have explained in prior posts, North Carolina courts have recognized that internal business disputes are exempt from N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 because they are not “in […]
The past year has seen several notable decisions concerning how choice-of-law regimes can affect the viability of a claim for violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1. Today’s post involves another case on this topic. In Koch Foods, Inc. v. Pate Dawson Company, a federal district court assessed a claim […]