Business Law Newsletter – Nov. 2009

Video – “Cops, Lawmakers Send Message: Dnt Txt & Drive”

29Oct10

Video 2: “Cops, Lawmakers Send Message: Dnt Txt & Drive” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32184212#32184212 (Note: For an accompanying article, see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32584570/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/) Purpose of video: To discuss government regulation of cell phone use while driving, particularly “text-messaging”

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Tags: cops, driving, lawmakers, msnbc, regulation of cell phone use, texting

“McDonald’s Loses Trademark Battle to McCurry”

29Oct10

Video 1: “McDonald’s Loses Trademark Battle to McCurry” http://www.timesnow.tv/McDonalds-loses-trademark-battle-to-McCurry/videoshow/4326939.cms (Note: For an accompanying article, see http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-09-08-mccurry_N.htm; to visit the McCurry Restaurant web site, see http://mccurryrecipe.com/) Purpose of video: To discuss intellectual property law (more specifically, trademark law) as it applies to McDonald’s litigation against the Malaysian restaurant “McCurry”

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Tags: battle, McCurry, McDonalds, trademark, USA Today, video

“The Big Money: Is Big Beer Drunk With Power?”

29Oct10

Article 3: “The Big Money: Is Big Beer Drunk With Power?” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32643705/ns/busines-the_big_money/ This article illustrates the market power near-monopoly status commands in the beer industry. Both Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors, collectively referred to as “Big Beer,” have decided to raise prices simultaneously, during a recession, and while beer demand is slumping. According to the author […]

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Tags: Anheuser-Busch InBev, beer, big money, MillerCoors, msnbc, Obama, power

“Judge: Kentucky Can’t Order Dependence on God”

29Oct10

Article 2: “Judge: Kentucky Can’t Order Dependence on God” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32581781/ns/us_news-faith/ In the opinion of at least one judge, it is one thing to trust in God, but quite another thing altogether to be ordered to rely on protection from God during national emergencies. In a decision entered on August 26, 2009, Franklin (Kentucky) Circuit Judge […]

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Tags: dependence, God, homeland security, judge, Kentucky

“FDA says Residue is Frog or Toad; How Did it get in Pepsi Can?”

29Oct10

Article 1: “FDA Says Residue is Frog or Toad; How Did It Get in Pepsi Can?” http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/02/frog.pepsi.can/index.html The DeNegris received a copy of the completed lab report from the FDA, and according the FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs, the foreign substance in the can appeared to be a gutted frog or toad, “lacking internal organs […]

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Tags: CNN, FDA, frog, Pepsi, residue, toad