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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the legal relationship between employer and individual employee. It will cover the common law aspects of that relationship, particularly contracts and torts. It will them examine statutory modifications of the common law. Statues that may be examined include, ERISA, the Civil Rights Acts, whistle-blower protection legislation, unemployment and workers compensation acts, Fair Labor Standards Act and OSHA. The course is recommended for students contemplating a labor law, corporate or general practice. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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2.00 Credits
A study of the federal regulation of the safety and labeling of foods, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. This course will consider substantive requirements imposed on the marketing of these products and the procedures available when such requirements are not met. The course seeks to balance the regulatory, consumer, and business interests that bear on the safeguarding of the public health as it is affected by foods, drugs medical devices, and cosmetics. 2. 000 Credit Hours 2. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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2.00 Credits
This course will study the rights and responsibilities of injured employees and their employers under workers' compensation and occupational diseases statutes. Third-party actions also are examined. 2. 000 Credit Hours 2. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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3.00 Credits
This course covers legal and policy issues raised by the impact of the internet on existing law. Topics considered include: freedom of speech, privacy, intellectual property, trademark and copyright, commercial transactions, computer crime, and jurisdictional issues. Course materials are available only on the internet. It is a prerequisite of this course that students have a laptop with ability to connect to the Internet from home and the class-room. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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3.00 Credits
A course exploring land use controls such as zoning and subdivision regulations as exercised by local and state governmental units. The course analyzes the history of land use controls and explores topics such as flexibility and discretion, improper influence and corruption, alternative land use control schemes, suburban zoning and racial/economic exclusion, environmental protection by land use schemes, and growth control. In the process of exploring land use controls, the course analyzes the local institutions and procedures, constitutional issues, and the question of when an improper taking of property occurs in our legal system. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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3.00 Credits
Public policies underlying various invention protection systems are analyzed as background for understanding the fundamental concepts of U.S. patent law. The nature of patentable subject matter in the U.S. and the statutory requirements of utility, novelty, and nonobviousness are examined in detail. Students also consider the process of obtaining and enforcing patent rights. Such consideration includes an overview of the disclosure, enablement and claim requirements for a patent application, as well as the scope of protection granted to the owner of an issued patent. The interpretation of patent claims is covered, with special emphasis placed on constructing claims under the evolving doctrine of equivalents. Remedies for patent infringement are also reviewed, as well as the defense of patent misuse. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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2.00 Credits
This course id designed to familiarize students with contemporary scientific evidence and expert witnesses. Acknowledged experts will present their specialties with an eye towards what the lawyer should know about the scientific area and how to select and utilize and expert witness. Emphasis will be on topics suitable to both civil and criminal cases. Topics include: pathology, toxicology, tool mark and firearms identification, questioned documents, fingerprints, forensic photography, and the polygraph. 2. 000 Credit Hours 2. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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1.00 Credits
2. 000 Credit Hours 2. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Clinical Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of intellectual property rights in literary, musical and artistic works and other original works of authorship under the federal law of copyright. The Copyright Acts of 1909 and 1976 as amended form the core statutory material covered by the course. Related state and federal doctrines are examined for comparison and contrast. Topics covered include the nature of the rights protected and the kinds of works that qualify for copyright. The course covers copyright duration, ownership, formalities, remedies for infringement and the implications of the adherence of the United States to the Berne Convention. Special emphasis is devoted to the current controversies concerning the use of copyright protection for computer programs, useful objects and fact based works. 3. 000 Credit Hours 3. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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2.00 Credits
This is a required course for new members of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society. The goal of the course is to provide students with advanced training in appellate litigation, and as such will concentrate on developing professional skills in brief writing and research, and oral advocacy. In addition, the course will include an introduction to appellate procedure, covering topics such as interlocutory and emergency appeals, standards of review, mootness, and mandamus. Students will prepare one brief and a rewrite of that brief, and will be required to participate in an intramural oral advocacy competition. The Moot Court Honor Society will choose members for Chicago-Kent's spring interscholastic competition teams based in large part on students' performance in this course. Students in this course will be exempt from the Advanced Research course requirement. 2. 000 Credit Hours 2. 000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Business, Master of Laws, Law Schedule Types: Lecture Chicago- Kent College of Law College Law Department
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