ACCT350 (Business Law I)

Spring 2017

 

Professor Sheldon D. Pollack

Department of Accounting & MIS

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716

Purnell Hall, Room 216

pollack@udel.edu

Class Materials:

syllabus

 

Casebook     (selected cases for class readings)

 

Case Assignments:

Section 10 (2:00 pm)

Section 12 (3:30 pm)

 

Handouts:

 

        Intro to Law:

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Montour School District v. PA Human Relations Board

briefing a court case

Cheeseman chapter 1 slides

 

Civil Procedure & the Court System:

American Arbitration Association

arbitration clause in AT&T contract

"Arbitration Everywhere" (October 2015 article in N.Y. Times)

Carnival Cruise v. Shute

civil case vs. criminal case

class action lawsuit: Federal Rule 23

federalism

judicial power under U.S. Constitution

long-arm statutes

overview of court system of Pennsylvania

overview of court system of Delaware

overview of court system of New York

overview of federal court system

overview of typical state court system

prison population in U.S.

sample complaint

sources of law in U.S.

standing

statute of limitations (PA)

U.S. Circuit Courts Map

Constitutional Law:

       

U.S. Constitution

Articles of Confederation

federalism

timeline of US Constitution

Justice Antonin Scalia at UD

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (Sup. Ct. 1964)

motel and owner (legal counsel)

oral arguments

 

Torts:

Elements of a Tort

picture of Orioles pitcher Ross Grimsley;   case of Grimsley v. Manning

computation of damages

hockey players

McSorley battery in hockey game

Bertuzzi battery in hockey game

"damages awards in malpractice trials"  (2004 article in Wall St Journal)

Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (hot coffee case)       pictures of injury     "Trigger Warning"!!!  Graphic pictures!!!

hot coffee burns Kramer & Jackie Chiles's legal analysis

Roach v. Stern:  

video of show  and  article on legal settlement

Howard Stern case (2017)

shopkeeper privilege statute (Texas)

"Surgical Instruments Left Behind" (2004 article in Philadelphia Inquirer) 

"When Surgeons Leave Objects Behind" (Sept 2012 article in N.Y. Times)

op-ed piece on torts in sports (March 2012 in N.Y. Times)

National Enquirer headlines

        Product liability:

1924 Dodge wagon

Aqua Net

warning:  hair on fire

document production:  GM internal memo

Frito Lays satire

wacky warning labels

warning ad for basketball backboard

warning label on cigarettes

"I'll Sue Ya" by "Weird Al" Yankovic

        Intellectual Property:

tort of misappropriation of trade secrets:

 

Kentucky Fried Chicken

secret recipe for coca cola revealed

 

Tort of Commercial Disparagement:

 

disparagement in Pennsylvania law

 

 

tort of misappropriation of right of publicity:

 

Andy Warhol paintings

Hustler magazine parody of Rev. Falwell  (warning:  Explicit language!!!)

Three Stooges tee shirt picture

Three Stooges in court

Three Stooges in China

"Make Me An Offer" ad

postumous right of publicity in California: two articles

Vanna White:  First appearance on "Wheel of Fortune"

Vanna White ad by Samsung

       patents:

The Patent, Used as a Sword (NY Times article)   Interview with author Charles Duhigg

Bilski v. Kappos (U.S. 2010)  (patent for managing risk)

Leahy-Smith American Invents Act (enacted 09-16-2011)

patent for Gore-Tex

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: reports on patents

utility patent under U.S. Code

design patent: examples

 

copyright protection:

 

artist sues AP over photo of President Obama

cheerleader uniforms

copyright subject

Demi Moore v. Leslie Neilson

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. v CBS, Inc.

fair use exemption

George Harrison v. The Chiffons

Happy Birthday song        2015 case

James Bond commercial:  infringement?

Mad Magazine parodies

Opportunity Inc.

 Lerner College;            charity 

Pretty Woman:  copyright infringement?

        Roy Orbison's original version         2 Live Crew parody

Sonny Bono

Squealer v. Preston the Pig

Steamboat Willie (1928)

U.S. Copyright Office

Weird Al parodies:

 Michael Jackson's Beat It     Weird Al's Eat It

 Coolio's Gangsta'sa Paradise      Weird Al's Amish Paradise

 

trademark, tradename, trade dress protection:

 

Apple Computer v. Apple Corps

Fred's Fabulous Fried Chick'n

Fashion Knock-Offs:

women's clothing        Converse All-Stars

world's most famous trademarks

world's silliest trademark

world's worst violations of trademark? 

Mike Wong

Duffin Dagel  (article on Starbuck's and "duffins" in USA Today, October 10, 2013)

McDonald's Chicken

Water Ice

WaWa versus DaWa

various examples

trademark dilution article

        Common Law Contracts:

age of majority in U.S.

age of majority for contracts in DE

age of marriage in New York (March 2017 article in New York Times)

Andy Warhol painting of Campbell's Soup

elements of an inter vivos gift   

engagement ring

Howard Marshall and Haverford College

Howard Marshall and new wife

Pa. statute of frauds re: nominal consideration

reward

Taco Bell ChihuahuaPsycho Chihuahua & settlement

Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co.

case summary

chart

statute of frauds (DE)

statute of frauds (UCC)

UD waiver

undue influence

        Sales Contracts under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC):

Andy Warhol's Red Elvis

Perdue v. Motts (UCC Statute of Frauds case)

Perdue Chicken advertisement

UCC Article 2 selections

        Creditors' Rights and Security Interests:

DE Form UCC 1 (online version)

DE Form UCC 1 (old non-electronic version)

DE mechanics lien statute

DE Secretary of State: UCC forms & filings

Debtor Example

exemptions from execution (DE)

exemptions from execution (PA)

mortgage; deed of trust; security interest

Pennsylvania UCC search online

UCC Article 9: "description of collateral"

UCC security agreement (sample form)

        Bankruptcy:

American Airlines in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

annual statistics:  2016

bankruptcy petition

bankruptcy schedule of assets

Detroit Bankruptcy facts

student loans in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

 

Online Legal Research tools:

American Law Institute

Bankruptcy Code

Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)

online version

Delaware Code online

Findlaw

law school (NY Times article Nov. 19, 2011)

Library of Congress Legislative Service (Thomas)

Oyez

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Federal Courts

UD Legal Studies LawLinks

Uniform Commercial Code

U.S. Code

U.S. Constitution

revised

2/17/2019

 

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