Posted by Avinash Sookdeo. On February 15th, Southwest Airlines Co. filed a lawsuit against Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), and several of its officers, including Bret Oestreich, its National Director, in a Texas federal court. AMFA represents about 2,400 of Southwest’s mechanics and others in related fields. The lawsuit claims that AMFA allegedly helped to …
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Kevin Pereira Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Kevin Pereira. Volkswagen has recently admitted to the fact that many of the diesel automobiles they were being sold were cheating the air emission standards. This was made possible by an intelligent computer module that sensed when the automobile was being tested. It would then activate the equipment necessary to pass the emission test. …
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Former General Counsel of South Florida Law Firm Sentenced for Fraud
Posted by Connie Huang. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, fraud is “the crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person; a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in order to trick people; [or] a copy of something that is meant to look like the real thing in …
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Batmobile Protected by Copyright
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling against Gotham Garage, a maker of replica automobiles from movies and television shows. Gotham Garage sells a “Batmobile,” which looks like the original. DC Comics claims it owns a copyright in the Batmobile and the design is protected intellectual property. The Ninth Circuit ruled the Batmobile’s appearance and other distinct attributes make …
Martinez v. Denver Police
Posted by Peyton Adams. The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment have been overlooked by authorities many times in the past. The Martinez vs Denver Police case is yet another time this has occurred. The Denver police forcefully entered the Martinez house on January 27, 2009. Instead of allowing Mr. Martinez to fully open the door to …
Legal Skirmishes Erupt Over Voting Rules as Election Day Nears
Posted by Zachary Lucanie. Historically, presidential elections have brought Americans to their feet as they stand behind their candidate to hold the highest position in American politics. Given that the president is elected once every four years it is important to many Americans that the office is held by the candidate that will solve the …
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UPS Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Leigh Ann Rofrano. In 2003, a class action lawsuit was filed against Ticketmaster, entitled Schlesinger v. Ticketmaster. The lawsuit claimed that Ticketmaster “failed to fully disclose to consumers all aspects of its UPS and order processing fees” (Ticketmaster). Ticketmaster settled the case in 2013, but the courts did not grant the final approval …
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Erin Andrews Lawsuit
Posted by Dalton Soffer. Erin Andrews, a sportscaster who has worked for ESPN and currently for FOX, was recently awarded $55 million by a Nashville jury for her civil lawsuit against a Nashville, Tennessee hotel owner and her stalker Michael David Barrett. In 2008 Barrett used a hacksaw to tamper with Andrews’ peephole and secretly …
Africa Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Radhika Kapadia. The real cost of bribery is a question that often lacks a definitive answer. It seems that Och-Ziff Capital Management, a hedge fund headquartered in New York City, is learning a hard lesson for allegedly engaging in bribery in Africa. The firm is set to pay a hefty price of $412 million …
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Wells Fargo Scandal
Posted by Frankie Panicucci. Wells Fargo is a corporate bank with very high and unrealistic sales targets. To meet these unrealistic sales targets Wells Fargo employees were secretly opening millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts for customers without their knowledge. These unauthorized accounts that were created racked up fees and allowed Wells Fargo to …