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 […]
“The ACC” stands for more than a sports league. It’s also the Association of Corporate Counsel. In February of this year, I gave a talk to the RTP Chapter of the organization on the law of unfair trade practices. Here’s a link to my slides from this presentation. I’ve also […]
Last year, I spoke on section 75-1.1 at a CLE program sponsored by the Antitrust and Complex Business Disputes Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. I’ve attached my slides here. I’ve also embedded them below. In the presentation, I addressed three perennially unsettled topics under section 75-1.1: the meaning of unfairness (as […]
People often ask us how to stay on top of this field. (We know that they’re implying the phrase “besides reading your blog.”) We read a lot of different types of material, as you can imagine. But as for blogs, here are some that we monitor and find especially useful: […]
