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Course Schedule
Before Week 1
You will complete this assignment by visiting the Before We Begin section of ShannonWeb.
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