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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 631038" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>It came up in a statute. Let me get it back up and copy/paste. Here:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Introduction[<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/with-index.php?title=N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank">edit</a>]</strong></span></p><p><em>N.C. GEN. STAT. § 75-1.1. Methods of competition, acts and practices regulated; legislative policy</em></p><p>N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 is one of the most important causes of action under North Carolina law as it allows for treble damages and attorneys' fees under certain circumstances. From the outset, it should be noted courts have applied this statute liberally.<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> North Carolina enacted the Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“UDTPA”) to benefit consumers, but “its protections extend to businesses in appropriate situations.”<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Creating a private cause of action for consumers was the Act’s primary purpose.<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Also, the statute was enacted “to provide a civil means to maintain ethical standards of dealings between persons engaged in business and the consuming public” within North Carolina because “other legal remedies were inadequate or ineffective.”<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> It applies to dealings between buyers and sellers at all levels of commerce.<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 631038, member: 1514"] It came up in a statute. Let me get it back up and copy/paste. Here: [SIZE=5][B]Introduction[[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/with-index.php?title=N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] [I]N.C. GEN. STAT. § 75-1.1. Methods of competition, acts and practices regulated; legislative policy[/I] N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1.1 is one of the most important causes of action under North Carolina law as it allows for treble damages and attorneys' fees under certain circumstances. From the outset, it should be noted courts have applied this statute liberally.[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] North Carolina enacted the Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“UDTPA”) to benefit consumers, but “its protections extend to businesses in appropriate situations.”[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] Creating a private cause of action for consumers was the Act’s primary purpose.[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] Also, the statute was enacted “to provide a civil means to maintain ethical standards of dealings between persons engaged in business and the consuming public” within North Carolina because “other legal remedies were inadequate or ineffective.”[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] It applies to dealings between buyers and sellers at all levels of commerce.[URL='http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/N.C._Gen._Stat_%C2%A7_75-1.1:_Unfair_%26_Deceptive_Trade_Practices_Under_North_Carolina_Law#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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