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
Class Materials:
Casebook (select cases for class readings)
Handouts:
Intro to Law:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Civil Procedure & the Court System:
American Arbitration Association
arbitration clause in AT&T contract
class action lawsuit: Federal Rule 23
judicial power under U.S. Constitution
forum selection clause in Italian cruise disaster
overview of court system of Pennsylvania
overview of court system of Delaware
overview of court system of New York
Constitutional Law:
timeline of US Constitution new
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (Sup. Ct. 1964)
motel and owner (legal counsel)
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
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 Warning!!! Graphic!!!!!
hot coffee burns Kramer & Jackie Chiles's legal analysis
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:
"A Living for the Dead" (on CBS "60 Minutes")
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, trademark & tradename 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
Fashion Knock-Offs: women's clothing Converse All-Stars
Pretty Woman: copyright infringement?
Roy Orbison's original version 2 Live Crew parody
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)
Eat It (Michael Jackson original); Amish Paradise (Coolio original)
Common Law Contracts:
age of majority for contracts in DE
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)
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.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5
SEC Form S-1 and prospectus of Google IPO
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")
(video on "60 Minutes")
Environmental law:
Cleaning Air at Expense of Water (article in NY Times)
Coal Power & Pollution (video on CBS 60 Minutes)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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:
Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)
Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)
law school (NY Times article Nov. 19, 2011)
revised
2/08/16
