ACCT350 (Business Law I)
Spring 2017
Professor Sheldon D. Pollack
Department of Accounting & MIS
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Purnell Hall, Room 216
Class Materials:
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
Civil Procedure & the Court System:
American Arbitration Association
arbitration clause in AT&T contract
"Arbitration Everywhere" (October 2015 article in N.Y. Times)
class action lawsuit: Federal Rule 23
judicial power under U.S. Constitution
overview of court system of Pennsylvania
overview of court system of Delaware
overview of court system of New York
overview of federal court system
Constitutional Law:
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (Sup. Ct. 1964)
motel and owner (legal counsel)
Torts:
picture of Orioles pitcher Ross Grimsley; case of Grimsley v. Manning
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
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)
Product liability:
document production: GM internal memo
Intellectual Property:
tort of misappropriation of trade secrets:
secret recipe for coca cola revealed
Tort of Commercial Disparagement:
disparagement in Pennsylvania law
tort of misappropriation of right of publicity:
Hustler magazine parody of Rev. Falwell (warning: Explicit language!!!)
Three Stooges tee shirt picture
postumous right of publicity in California: two articles
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)
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: reports on patents
utility patent under U.S. Code
copyright protection:
artist sues AP over photo of President Obama
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. v CBS, Inc.
George Harrison v. The Chiffons
James Bond commercial: infringement?
Opportunity Inc.
Pretty Woman: copyright infringement?
Roy Orbison's original version 2 Live Crew parody
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:
Fashion Knock-Offs:
women's clothing Converse All-Stars
world's most famous trademarks
world's worst violations of trademark?
Duffin Dagel (article on Starbuck's and "duffins" in USA Today, October 10, 2013)
Common Law Contracts:
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
Howard Marshall and Haverford College
Pa. statute of frauds re: nominal consideration
Sales Contracts under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC):
Perdue v. Motts (UCC Statute of Frauds case)
Creditors' Rights and Security Interests:
DE Form UCC 1 (online version)
DE Form UCC 1 (old non-electronic version)
DE Secretary of State: UCC forms & filings
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
student loans in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Online Legal Research tools:
Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)
law school (NY Times article Nov. 19, 2011)
revised
2/17/2019
