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 …
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Georgia Judge Orders Fiat Chrysler to Pay $40 Million in Products Liability Case
Posted by Dana Domenick. A four year old boy was riding in his aunt’s 1999 Jeep Cherokee when it was rear-ended in 2012. He was killed when the SUV burst into flames. The gas tank on this Jeep Cherokee model is located behind the rear axle which means when the truck is hit from behind, …
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Alphabet Inc Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
The rivalry between Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and Uber has intensified as Google’s parent sued Uber on grounds of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation in February. Anthony Levandowski, a former employee of Google, has allegedly stolen 14,000 files worth of trade secrets to create his own self-driving truck company, Otto, acquired by Uber last year. …
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UPS’ Tobacco Tax Lawsuit
Posted by Charles Matta. UPS (or United Parcel Service) is known worldwide as the world’s largest package delivery company and provider of supply chain management solutions. There is no questioning the success that this company has had, but is there a question of their morality? Recently, UPS was supposed to be looking for clues and observing …
Samsung Struggles to Remain Ethically and Legally Just
Posted by Joe Casey. In the business world the line to remain ethical and make profit is thin. In the recent months Samsung has toed the line with the ethical standards of business due to their latest smartphone repeatedly catching fire all throughout the world. Samsung acting as swiftly as possible called for a quick …
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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 …
FTC vs. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
Posted by Michael Larkin. When one checks into a hotel, one would expect to have their information stored in a company’s database, but one would not expect that database to get compromised. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation was using a property management system that stored customer’s names, addresses, and credit card number. On three separate occasions in …
Lanham Act Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Victoria Gencarelli. Product liability is a prevailing issue and concern for companies and businesses who are marketing and selling their products. It is a company’s duty to take the liability for manufacturing and selling a product that is defective or damaged. By creating and issuing a defective product to the public, it increases …
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Proposed Legislation Demanding More Transparency from the Fed
Both sides of the political isle are pressuring the Fed to be more transparent regarding its monetary policy and cease “cozying up” to the banks it oversees. There are several legislative proposals that some prior Presidents of the Fed consider to be a threat to its independence. If any one of them are passed, it would be …
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GM Criminal Settlement Over Ignition Switches Pending
The Justice Department may soon reveal the details of a criminal settlement with GM over its failure to recall vehicles with defective ignition switches. The deal will require GM to plead to wire fraud and pay a penalty of approximately $1 billion. “GM is expected to enter a deferred prosecution agreement under which the government …
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