ACCOUNTING 352:

LAW AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS

Fall 2014

 

Professor Sheldon D. Pollack

Department of Accounting & MIS

University of Delaware

Office:   Purnell Hall, Room 216

Newark, DE 19716

(302) 831-1803

pollack@udel.edu

Class Materials:

 

syllabus

 

Casebook  (select cases for class readings)

 

Case Assignments

UD Capture

 

Online Study Material

 

 

Handouts:

 

        Intro to Law:

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Montour School District v. PA Human Relations Board

briefing a court case

        Civil Procedure & the Court System:

American Arbitration Association

arbitration clause in AT&T contract

class action lawsuit: Federal Rule 23

federalism

judicial power under U.S. Constitution

forum selection clause in Italian cruise disaster

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

typical state court system

sample complaint

sources of law in U.S.

statute of limitations (PA)

U.S. Circuit Courts Map

Constitutional Law:

       

U.S. Constitution

Articles of Confederation    new

timeline of US Constitution   new

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

motel and owner (legal counsel)

oral arguments

Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971)

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  Warning!!!  Graphic!!!!!

hot coffee burns Kramer & Jackie Chiles's legal analysis

Roach v. Stern settlement

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:

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:

 

"A Living for the Dead" (on CBS "60 Minutes")

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

 

copyright, trademark & tradename protection:

 

Apple Computer v. Apple Corps

artist sues AP over photo of President Obama

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

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

fair use exemption

Fred's Fabulous Fried Chick'n

George Harrison v. The Chiffons

Happy Birthday song

Fashion Knock-Offs:  women's clothing        Converse All-Stars

Mad Magazine parodies

Pretty Woman:  copyright infringement?

        Roy Orbison's original version         2 Live Crew parody

Sonny Bono

Squealer v. Preston the Pig

Steamboat Willie (1928)

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)

Water Ice

trademark dilution article

U.S. Copyright Office

Weird Al parodies

Eat It (Michael Jackson original);  Amish Paradise  (Coolio original)

        Common Law Contracts:

age of majority in U.S.

age of majority for contracts in DE

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)

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

securities regulation:

definition of "security" under 15 USC §77(b)

EDGAR (SEC "Electronic Data Gathering And Retrieval" system)

guide to federal securities laws  (from U. of Cincinnati College of Law)

insider trading at Galleon Fund (article in N.Y. Times)  WSJ chart

Morgan Stanley fails to send Prospectus to Investors

Prospectus for PLX Technologies, Inc.   

SEC homepage   

Securities Act of 1933

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Securities Exchange Act of 1934:  Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5

SEC v. Howey (1946)

SEC Form S-1

SEC Form S-1 and prospectus of Google IPO

SEC Form S-1 of Facebook

SEC Form S-3

SCOR Form U-7

tombstone ad #1: and tombstone ad #2

Madoff Firm's Accountant Pleads Guilty (article in N.Y. Times)

Madoff's Personal Accountant is Indicted (article in N.Y. Times)

The Madoff Affair (video on PBS's "Frontline")

The Liquidator (video on "60 Minutes")

The Man Who Knew (video on "60 Minutes")

 

        Environmental law:

Army Corps of Engineers

Brownfield program

Cleaning Air at Expense of Water (article in NY Times)

Clean Air Act of 1970

Clean Water Act of 1972

Coal Power & Pollution (video on CBS 60 Minutes)   

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

Cuyahoga River Pollution Ohio 1967 (video)

Cuyahoga River burning 1969 (video)

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

Earth Day, April 22, 1970 (video with Walter Cronkite)

Endangered Species Act of 1973

EPA Seeks Stricter Rules to Curb Smog (article in NY Times)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Lake Erie pollution (video)

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Nonattainment areas re: Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

        National Priorities List (Superfund sites)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)

Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act (article in NY Times)

Unintended Consequence of Clean Air Act of 1970 (grandfathered power plants)

Sources of Pollution:         

mobile sources of air pollution

point sources of water pollution

stationary sources of air pollution

Superfund at 25 (article from 2005)

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)

        Tax Treatment of Environmental Expenses (article by Prof. Pollack)

waste management consultant Tony Soprano

                            

 

Online Legal Research tools:

American Law Institute

Bankruptcy Code

Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)

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

2/08/16

 

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