It’s become an unfortunate rite of passage for the modern age: the receipt of a letter from a company explaining that one’s personal information been lost or stolen in a data breach. The letter usually offers to provide free credit monitoring or identity-theft insurance through a third-party vendor. The law […]
When a borrower asserts an alleged violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 against a lender, the claim often presents a familiar fact pattern. Frequently, the borrower alleges that the lender promised to refinance or modify the borrower’s loan and then broke that promise, causing injury to the borrower. A […]
In the fall of 2015, we wrote about a case between two sports agents. The suit concerned the decision by Robert Quinn, a former football standout at the University of North Carolina, to switch agents. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina entered summary judgment against the spurned […]
When a company investigates potential trademark infringement, what tactics can the company use without the investigation running afoul of North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act? The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently explored this question in Exclaim Marketing, LLC v. DirecTV, LLC. Tracking down a potential infringer DirecTV […]