competitors.” Black’s Law Dictionary 204 (8th ed. 2007) (emphasis added). As reflected by the statute’s title and the very definition of the term, as well as by common sense, commercial bribery involves an inducement to give the bribe-giver an unfair advantage or benefit in a business relationship. Surely our General Assembly did not intend that a payment made by IFH to influence Stem to undermine IFH’s business relationship with Chelda or to work harder and more efficiently on behalf of Chelda be criminalized as commercial bribery. Rather, we conclude that acts of commercial bribery must result in (or be intended to result in) some disloyalty or harm to the employer and some benefit to the bribe-giver. See, e.g., Kewaunee Scientific Corp., 130 N.C. App. at 581, 503 S.E.2d at 420 (<HOLDING>). Accordingly, the trial judge properly
holding that plaintiffs respa claim failed as a matter of law where it did not allege actual damages holding that a liquidated damages amount set by contract is enforceable where the amount bears a reasonable relation to the damages actually sustained holding that where a udtp claim is based upon commercial bribery commercial bribery harms an employer as a matter of law with damages measured at a minimum by the amount of the commercial bribes holding that court of appeals erred by rendering judgment for full amount of attorneys fees sought after reversing 0 fee award because jury awarded less in damages than amount sought and therefore uncontroverted attorney testimony on amount of attorneys fees did not establish amount of reasonable and necessary fees as a matter of law holding that claim construction is a matter of law for the court to determine