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Course Schedule
Before Week 1
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Week 1, Classes 1 & 2
- Before Class
- During Class
- Review the course requirements
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 3, Constitutional Perspectives
- Review current events
Week 2, Class 3
Monday: Labor Day – No Class
- Before Class
- During Class
- Review the course
- Complete discussion the cases and materials in Chapter 3, Constitutional Perspectives
- Review current events
Week 3, Classes 4 & 5
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 17, Employment Law, Regulation and Labor Law
- Review Overview, Regulation & Labor Law videos
- Read “Managing the Impact of New Media on the Employment Relationship” by O’Sullivan-Gavin and Shannon, Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law, Spring 2011, Volume IV, Number II, pp. 451-481
- Read “Post Quon: An Analysis of the Evolution of New Media and the Employment Relationship” by Shannon and O’Sullivan-Gavin, Journal of Business & Technology Law, Spring 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 178-198
- During Class
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 17, Employment Law, Regulation and Labor Law
- Discuss “Managing the Impact of New Media on the Employment Relationship”
- Discuss “Post Quon: An Analysis of the Evolution of New Media and the Employment Relationship”
- Review current events
Week 4, Classes 6 & 7
- Before Class
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 17, Employment Law, Regulation and Labor Law
- Discuss “What the NLRB Giveth the NLRB Taketh Away: Contrasting Views Concerning Graduate Student UnionsI
- Review current events
Week 5, Classes 8 & 9
- Before Class
- During Class
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 18, Employment Discrimination
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- POV #1
- POV available on Sunday no later than 10a
- Submit initial response in Slack channel no later than Thursday at 11p
Week 6, Classes 10 & 11
- Before Class
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 18, Employment Discrimination
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- POV #1
- Comment period in Slack channel is available through Friday at 11p
Week 7, Class 12
Monday: Fall Break – No Class
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Review Antitrust Law videos
- During Class
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Review current events
Week 8, Classes 13 & 14
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Review Antitrust Law videos
- During Class
- Continue discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- POV #2
- POV available on Sunday no later than 10a
- Submit initial response in Slack channel no later than Thursday at 11p
Week 9, Classes 15 & 16
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Review Antitrust Law videos
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 20, IP: Patents
- Review Overview and Patent videos
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 19, Antitrust Law
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 20, IP: Patents
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- POV #2
- Comment period in Slack channel is available through Saturday, October 29th at 11p
Week 10, Classes 17 & 18
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 20, IP: Patents
- Review Overview and Patent videos
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 20, IP: Patents
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- Case Analysis 1 Materials Available No Later Than Sunday at 10a
- Case Analysis 1, Phase 1 Memo Due No Later Than Friday at 11p; Submit Using Slack DM
Week 11, Classes 19 & 20
- During Class
- Case Analysis #1
- Monday: Phase 1, discuss case analysis memos
- Wednesday: Phase 2, team Q&A
Week 12, Classes 21 & 22
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 21, IP: Copyrights
- Review Copyright videos
- During Class
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 21, IP: Copyrights
- Review current events
Week 13, Class 23
Wednesday: Thanksgiving Break – No Class
- Before Class
- Read and prepare the cases and materials in Chapter 21, IP: Copyrights
- Review Copyright videos
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 21, IP: Copyrights
- Review current events
- Deliverable
- Case Analysis 2 Materials Available No Later Than Sunday at 10a
- Case Analysis 2, Phase 1 Memo Due No Later Than Saturday at 11p; Submit Using Slack DM
Week 14, Classes 24 & 25
- During Class
- Case Analysis #2
- Monday: Phase 1, discuss case analysis memos
- Wednesday: Phase 2, team Q&A
Week 15, Classes 26 & 27
- Before Class
- During Class
- Begin discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 22, IP: Trademarks & Trade Secrets
- Discuss “The Redskins And Trademark Disparagement“
- Review current events
Week 16, Class 28
- Before Class
- During Class
- Complete discussion of the cases and materials in Chapter 22, IP: Trademarks & Trade Secrets
- Discuss “The Redskins And Trademark Disparagement“
- Review current events