Questions from Business Law

Q: When Orlanda graduated from college, she got a job as a

When Orlanda graduated from college, she got a job as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. After two years working in technical support, one of her customers offered her a job at his company. It tur...

Q: Wesley Autrey was standing on a train platform with his two young

Wesley Autrey was standing on a train platform with his two young daughters, and a man he did not know. Suddenly, this man had a seizure, causing him to fall on the tracks. Autrey heard a train approa...

Q: As IT professional describes how short-term thinking threatened him and

As IT professional describes how short-term thinking threatened him and his company: The CIO of my company was the kind of boss who expected people to do as they were told. Everyone in the company ko...

Q: Rob is in the business of buying dental practices. He finds

Rob is in the business of buying dental practices. He finds solo practitioners, buys their assets, signs them to a long-term contract and then improves their management and billing processes so effect...

Q: A former colleague recruited Luke to join his new company as a

A former colleague recruited Luke to join his new company as a director, leading a team of about 30 people. Luke was replacing Jill, who had been fired for failing to deliver on an important project....

Q: A tenant had rented land from Richardson. However, Campbell claimed

A tenant had rented land from Richardson. However, Campbell claimed the property was really his. Unless the tenant could prove that Richardson owned the land, he would have no right to stay there. Ri...

Q: Tommy and Eleanor Daves gave their daughter Lisa Baker the deed to

Tommy and Eleanor Daves gave their daughter Lisa Baker the deed to a two-acre property with a house on it, keeping for themselves a life interest in the parcel. When they died, the property returned t...

Q: As introduced in the chapter opener, Howard Browning and Lynn Poirier

As introduced in the chapter opener, Howard Browning and Lynn Poirier were a couple. Early on, they promised to share any lottery winnings equally. Fourteen years after that oral promise, Poirier purc...

Q: In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the FBI

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the FBI questioned more than 1,000 people with suspected terrorist links. It then detained those it deemed to be “of high interest,” most of whom were Arab Muslim men....

Q: Adam Curry was an MTV video disc jockey (“VJ”) and

Adam Curry was an MTV video disc jockey (“VJ”) and host of the popular Headbanger’s Ball and MTV Top 20 Video Countdown. In the early days of the Internet, when VJs had big hair and many major compani...