Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law

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For one of two semester undergraduate courses in Business Law.

Go beyond rote memorization.

Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law presents business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that will spur students to ask questions and go beyond rote memorization.

The seventh edition emphasizes coverage of online law and e-commerce as key parts of the legal environment as well as today's social, ethical, and international issues that are important to the study of business law.

Tailor the material to your course: Database Custom Option. This edition of Cheeseman has been designed as a Pearson Custom Database solution-making it easier for users and new adopters to make Cheeseman fit perfectly into their course.  Pick the chapters you want, include other material as needed, and order and cover to your choice. Use the tear-out order form in the front of sample copies to learn more about this option.

Draw students into the material: Rich Selection of Cases. In order to provide a framework on which students can connect all concepts they've learned, Cheeseman includes a rich selection of landmark cases to show how the abstractions of law are actually applied to disputes. Each case provides:

• The Facts
• The Issues
• The Decision
• The Remedy

Address the latest in business law:

New U.S. Supreme Court Cases:

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (corporate free speech)
• Hertz Corporation v. Friend (corporate citizenship for determining diversity of citizenship)
• American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League (concerted activity in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
• Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc. (cost-benefit analysis for point sources of water pollution)
• Arizona v. Gant (warrantless search of automobile)
• District of Columbia v. Heller (Second Amendment right to bear arms)

New State and Federal Cases:

• United States v. Deppe (Internet fraud)
• Ramos/Carson/DePaul v. The Phillies, LP (incidental beneficiary)
• The New York Yankees Baseball Club (domain name registered in bad faith)
• Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Cockrell (false imprisonment)
• New Haverford Partnership v. Stroot (negligence of landlord)
• Gerber & Gerber, P.C. v. Regions Bank (blank indorsed check)
• Parente v. Pirozzoli (illegal contract)

 New Statues:

• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
•  Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
• Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2010
• Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act)
• Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2009

New Special Features on Ethics, Contemporary, Environment, and Cyber Law:

• Health Care Reform Act of 2010
• Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
• Process of Choosing a U.S. Supreme Court Justice (confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan)
• Bernie Madoff Steals Billions in Pyramid Scheme
• Entrepreneurship: The Founding of Facebook
• Aiders and Abetters Not Liable Under Section 10(b)
• E-Commerce and the Commerce Clause
• Bankruptcy of General Motors Corporation
• Ethics of Using Animal Testing in the Development of Cosmetics

New to this Edition

Address the latest in business law:

New U.S. Supreme Court Cases:

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (corporate free speech)
• Hertz Corporation v. Friend (corporate citizenship for determining diversity of citizenship)
• American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League (concerted activity in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
• Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc. (cost-benefit analysis for point sources of water pollution)
• Arizona v. Gant (warrantless search of automobile)
• District of Columbia v. Heller (Second Amendment right to bear arms)

New State and Federal Cases:

• United States v. Deppe (Internet fraud)
• Ramos/Carson/DePaul v. The Phillies, LP (incidental beneficiary)
• The New York Yankees Baseball Club (domain name registered in bad faith)
• Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Cockrell (false imprisonment)
• New Haverford Partnership v. Stroot (negligence of landlord)
• Gerber & Gerber, P.C. v. Regions Bank (blank indorsed check)
• Parente v. Pirozzoli (illegal contract)

 New Statues:

• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
•  Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
• Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2010
• Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act)
• Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2009

New Special Features on Ethics, Contemporary, Environment, and Cyber Law:

• Health Care Reform Act of 2010
• Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
• Process of Choosing a U.S. Supreme Court Justice (confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan)
• Bernie Madoff Steals Billions in Pyramid Scheme
• Entrepreneurship: The Founding of Facebook
• Aiders and Abetters Not Liable Under Section 10(b)
• E-Commerce and the Commerce Clause
• Bankruptcy of General Motors Corporation
• Ethics of Using Animal Testing in the Development of Cosmetics

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