Posted by Kieran Tonero. Throughout the last four years many scammers have taken advantage of homeowners and business owners who lost properties during Superstorm Sandy. State officials have reported that scams that relate to Superstorm Sandy total $20 million. Many residents in Ocean County have been affected by Sandy-related fraud. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office …
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May 2015 – Page 2 of 4 – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
According to the latest ruling by Second Circuit, the NSA’s collection of massive amounts of phone records violated the US Patriot Act. Although they never reached the constitutional question, the court said that Congress never gave the agency the authority. But Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, believes the court had …
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Student Posts Archives
Posted by Ricardo Collado. One of the most awkward questions you can be asked in a job interview is “What are you salary requirements?” or “How much are you making in your current job?”. Massachusetts has become the first state to bar employers from asking about applicants’ salaries before offering them a job. The new …
December 2014
Posted by Sam Battista. I came across this article recently about these topics that were brought up in class, and I thought it was appropriate to write a blog pertaining to this article. Seven reputable members of the Geneovese crime family were recently arrested on accounts of money laundering and racketeering. The group allegedly raked …
November 2015
Posted by Philip D Lacki. ‘The lid popped off”? How does a lid pop off without someone doing something to cause it to pop off? Just like the Liebeck v McDonald’s case, I find this case involving someone suing Starbucks for a faulty lid to be morally wrong in the sense of business law. “The stress activated …
Forensic Accounting Archives
Posted by Katie Kim. On Thursday, Martin Shkreli, a 32 year-old pharmaceutical executive, was arrested by the federal authorities on securities and wire-fraud charges stemming from an alleged Ponzi scheme he ran as a hedge-fund manager. What the young executive was doing was taking out loans from investors to start a new pharmaceutical company and using …
April 2016 – Page 2 of 7 – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Natalie Kenny. The parent company that makes Old Spice, Proctor & Gamble, is being sued by Rodney Colley of Alexandria, Virginia because of a defect in the deodorant. The plaintiff shared photos of himself with burns under his arms which he claims are from Old Spice deodorant. The plaintiff says he suffered “severe rashes, …
2014 – Page 2 of 6 – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Sam Battista. I came across this article recently about these topics that were brought up in class, and I thought it was appropriate to write a blog pertaining to this article. Seven reputable members of the Geneovese crime family were recently arrested on accounts of money laundering and racketeering. The group allegedly raked …
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Recalls on Ford Vehicles
Posted by Trisha Daraji. After the recent recalls in Ford pick-ups for braking issues in May, Ford Motors is back in the limelight for similar issues. In the previous recalls, the malfunctions in the vehicles occurred from an internal leak that caused the cars to lose braking function and have a loss of brake pressure. Last …
Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Posted by Kayla Caveny. The United States and Europe both have emissions standards for their vehicles. The standards are in place to limit the amount of pollutants the vehicle may make. However, there is a way to bypass those standards, illegal of course. This certain device is called a “defeat device,” which is any apparatus that …