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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The course addresses the legal issues created by the Internet revolution, with an emphasis on law and e-business. Copy - right and music/video piracy are studied, as is protection of databases and other Internet content. Trademark law and Internet domain name controversies (domestic and international) are addressed. Regulability, jurisdiction, and liabilities arising from Internet activities are analyzed. Relationships with employees, vendors, and customers are examined, and Internet privacy and ethics are covered. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An introduction to law, legal principles, and legal systems and institutions affecting business in a global economy with multicultural features. Topics to be covered include international sales contracts, letters of credit, jurisdiction, nationalization, sovereign immunity, choice of forum, international arbitration, and choice of laws. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An in-depth examination is undertaken of the legal frame - work within which health care is rendered. Topics addressed include the organization of the health care industry, professionalism vs. commercialism, access and delivery of health care services, costs and quality of care, statutory regulation and industry-sponsored controls to monitor quality/costs, anti-trust challenges, purchase of health care services, contracts, medical malpractice, right to life, definition of death, and human organ allocation. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The law and art of business negotiation and the agony of commercial dispute resolution are studied. With regard to negotiation, topics covered include developing negotiating strategies, study of the sales cycle, creating requests for proposals and responses, and an examination of standard business contract terms and ethical issues. The study of dispute resolution includes a comparison of commercial litigation and arbitration, agreements to arbitrate and the law of arbitration, mediation and other ADR techniques, and international arbitration. Labor negotiation and intraorganizational dispute resolution are not covered. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The course will examine current legislative, regulatory, and judicial regulation of the securities markets. It will also consider issues of criminality under other statutes, but the primary focus will be on measures designed to protect investors in the securities markets and on the disclosure requirements that apply to companies that issue securities. The course will also consider corporate governance requirements that apply to publicly traded companies. Aspects of criminality, including corrupt practices, RICO, anti-trust, and fraud, are also covered. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An in-depth examination of law as it applies to marketing, advertising, and product development. Topics include the tort of unfair competition, false advertising, product disparage - ment, usurpation of business opportunity, and other "business torts." The law of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets is examined. Internet domain-name controversies are studied and international treaties are covered. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course will initially review basic legal concepts and legal process as related to business, environmental law, and regulations. The course will then consider issues of federalism and principles of administrative law and include a study of important environmental legislation including The Clean Air Act of 1970; The Clean Water Act; The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996; and The Toxic Substances Control Act. The course will conclude with a survey of criminal and corporate liability for environmental law violations and international environmental law issues. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The course will examine current legislative and judicial regulation of the employment relationship. The primary focus will be on measures designed to protect private employees against discrimination in decisions such as hiring, termination, and other changes in employment conditions, and against other types of "wrongful discharge." Other topics considered mayinclude privacy and testing issues, regulation of benefits, and regulations regarding health and safety. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A comprehensive study of the legal, regulatory, and business issues confronting the entertainment industry. The course includes academic analysis as well as pragmatic deal negotiation and structure. The various aspects of the industry that will be studied include music, motion pictures, television, theatre, sports, and book publishing as well as the major support functionaries such as talent agencies, managers, accountants, and attorneys. The course utilizes interactive class participation including mock deal and contract negotiations, dispute resolution, and small-group problem solving. Prerequisite: LAW 1101.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The course covers real estate law and its institutional setting, with emphasis on interests in land, sales, zoning, leasing, property management, brokerage, and mortgage lending. Students will develop the ability to analyze underlying eco - nomic concerns, see both sides of an issue, and read legal documents. (This course is cross-listed with RES 3000.) Prerequisite: Admission to Zicklin School of Business or admission to the School of Public Affairs.
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