Constructive delivery does not satisfy the delivery requirement for an effective
bailment.
Under an exclusive-dealing contract, a seller promises a buyer a certain territory in
which the buyer will have no direct competition.
The four broad types of damages in contract law are conciliatory, consecutive, punctual,
and nominative.
When there is a direct conflict between a federal and a state law, the state law is
rendered invalid.
Borealis Power Company is subject to mandatory workers compensation laws in the
states in which it does business. Chad and Dex work for Borealis as part of a crew that
travels to remote locations to repair downed power lines and other damaged equipment.
At a distant site, Chad is injured in an accident that is entirely Dexs fault. Chad files a
claim for workers compensation. Should the claim be granted? What would be
Borealiss best defense against it?
Kino sees a DVD player on the porch of Lulus house, takes the player to his home, and
tells everyone he owns it. Maya, holding a knife, forces Nick to give her his boom box,
and runs away with it. Ollie breaks into Pams apartment, takes a computer, and leaves.
Which of these acts are crimes, and what are the differences among them?
Negotiation is the most complex form of alternative dispute resolution.
Olaf, an executive with Pharma Product Distribution, Inc., has to decide whether to
market a product that might have undesirable side effects for a small percentage of
users. How should Olaf decide whether to sell the product? How does the standard of
ethics that is applied affect this answer?
Unless the parties agree otherwise, the buyer must make payment at the time and place
that the goods are received.
An accord and satisfaction requires that the amount of a debt be certain.
Because insurance law follows contract law, bad faith tort actions against insurers are
not allowed.
Restitution involves one partys recapture of a benefit through which another party has
been unjustly enriched.
A business firm’s profits may suffer if the firm is not a “good corporate citizen.
Against a charge of a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, only an issuer of stock can
assert the due diligence defense.
The UCC has replaced the common law concept of title in part with the concept of
identification.
In the United States, a patent is given to the first person to invent a product or process.