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Tortious interference
S words
Constitutional conundrums
Principals and [intellectual] property
Contracts and competition
100
An unconsented touching.
What is battery?
100
This kind of ruling ends a case before trial.
What is summary judgment?
100
This is made up of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
A set of claims establishing the legal definition of an invention.
What is a patent?
100
He said: "Law is physical violence"
Who is Professor Cole?
200
Truth is a complete defense to this gossipy tort.
What is defamation?
200
You have to pay whether or not it is your fault.
What is strict liability?
200
The entities, sometimes called the "fourth branch" of government, combine legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
What are administrative agencies?
200
Infringement without liability.
What is a fair use?
200
The mutual exchange of something of value that demonstrates motivation for a bargain.
What is consideration?
300
A jury can only find a defendant liable for negligence if this hypothetical individual would have acted differently under the circumstances.
What is a reasonable person?
300
A higher bar for constitutionality.
What is strict scrutiny?
300
This structural element of the Constitution creates tension between the three branches of government.
What is Separation (or Balance) of Powers?
300
A presumed relationship that can be terminated for any reason except an invalid reason.
What is employment at will?
300
This man promised his nephew $5,000 to lay off the drinking, smoking, and cussing.
Who is William Story Sr.?
400
These damages are only awarded in about 5% of all cases in which a plaintiff prevails.
What are punitive damages?
400
This ancient doctrine is why you put it in writing.
What is the Statute of Frauds?
400
This Article of the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Article I?
400
The Government's Fifth Amendment power to take private property for public use in exchange for just compensation.
What is the power of eminent domain?
400
This is the standard measure of how much injury a party has suffered when a contract is breached.
What are expectation damages?
500
The transaction costs of the tort system take this much of every dollar in eventual compensation.
What is 50 cents?
500
They are fuzzy, but their counterparts are clear.
What are standards?
500
This is the interpretive method most associated with the saying "the Constitution is not a suicide pact."
What is pragmatism?
500
Shh! You can reverse engineer, but not misappropriate this.
What is a trade secret?
500
Keeps out evidence of a prior or contemporaneous agreement (either oral or written) that contradicts a later writing.
What is the parol evidence rule?