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Courts have long recognized limitations on claims brought under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 in conjunction with alleged breaches of contract. Although the North Carolina Supreme Court has never formally recognized a restriction, state and federal courts alike have determined that a breach of contract does not give rise to […]

Consumers and businesses aren’t the only sources of potential privacy and data-security litigation. Today’s post looks at another important source: the Federal Trade Commission and state consumer-protection regulators. In many cases, government enforcers don’t have express authority to sue for “privacy” or “data security” violations. Instead, the FTC often sues based […]

When a claim for violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 goes to trial, what analytical framework governs the admissibility of evidence related to that claim? Today’s post studies a recent decision by Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III in the North Carolina Business Court that raises this question. When an […]

We’re not alone in our interest in how the economic-loss doctrine applies to alleged violations of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1.  In a recent case in the North Carolina Business Court involving section 75-1.1 claims, Judge Michael L. Robinson requested supplemental briefing on the economic-loss doctrine.  Judge Robinson’s sua sponte […]