ACCOUNTING 350 (Business Law I)
Fall 2011
Professor Sheldon D. Pollack
Department of Accounting & MIS
University of Delaware
(302) 831-1803
Class Materials:
Syllabus: version 1 (with pagination for 2-volume paperback text)
version 2 (with pagination for 1-volume hardback text)
Casebook (selected cases for class readings)
Case Assignments: Section 10
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
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
overview of federal court system
Torts:
McSorley battery in hockey game
Bertuzzi battery in hockey game
"damages awards in malpractice trials" article
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (hot coffee case)
hot coffee burns Kramer & Jackie Chiles's legal analysis
Product liability:
Intellectual Property:
right of publicity tort:
CBS 60 Minutes show: "A Living for the Dead"
Three Stooges tee shirt picture
patents:
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:
Artists Battle for Rights to Songs (NY Times article)
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
Pretty Woman: copyright infringement?
Roy Orbison's original version 2 Live Crew parody (?) version
world's most famous trademarks
world's worst violation of trademark
Eat It (Michael Jackson original); Amish Paradise (Coolio version)
Common Law Contracts:
age of majority for contracts in DE
Andy Warhol painting of Campbell's Soup
Howard Marshall and Haverford College
Pa. statute of frauds re: nominal consideration
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC):
DE UCC Form-1 (online version)
DE UCC Form-1 (old non-electronic version)
Perdue v. Motts (UCC Statute of Frauds case)
Creditors' Rights and Security Interests:
Delaware mechanics lien statute
Delaware Secretary of State: UCC forms & filings
exemptions from execution (DE)
exemptions from execution (PA)
extra material from Cheeseman on artisan's liens and execution
mortgage; deed of trust; security interest
Pennsylvania UCC search online
UCC Article 9: "description of collateral"
UCC security agreement (sample form)
Bankruptcy:
Online Legal Research tools:
Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.)
law school (NY Times article Nov. 19, 2011)
