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May 27, 2014
Posted in  Overview and Orientation

What Does Section 75-1.1 Prohibit?

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 prohibits several different clusters of conduct. Thus, whether you’re bringing a 75-1.1 claim or defending against one, it’s crucial to identify, at the outset, what kind of 75-1.1 claim you’re dealing with. You may ask yourself, why do these categories matter? (Apologies to David Byrne.) […]

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May 27, 2014
Posted in  Overview and Orientation

Business Court Judges Explain Section 75-1.1

You never know what you’ll find by Googling. In my research for this blog, I recently found a June 2006 presentation on section 75-1.1 by Judges Al Diaz and John Jolly.  This presentation occurred when Judge Diaz and Judge Jolly were serving together on the North Carolina Business Court—that is, before Judge […]

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May 13, 2014
Posted in  Misrepresentations

The Bumpers Decision

Last fall, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a major decision, Bumpers v. Community Bank of Northern Virginia, 747 S.E.2d 220 (N.C. 2013), that helps to define the elements of a claim under section 75-1.1. The court held that when a section 75-1.1 claim is based on an alleged misrepresentation, the […]

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