LEGL 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Walmart, National Car Rental
8 May 2017
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Injurious falsehood: publication of untrue statements that disparage a business or product. Interference with contractual relations: defendant: tort feaser, ex: employee poaching, coke wants to steal pepsi"s employees, but pepsi employees have a non-compete agreement. Coke says they will pay the damages, and cause pepsi employees to breach the contract: defamation, the publication of untrue statements about another that holds up that individual"s character or reputation to contempt or ridicule. Malice or reckless disregard for truth : invasion of privacy, appropriation of a person"s name or likeness for one"s own use, ex: video game/college athletes. Invation of physical solitude: ex: paparazzi, public disclosure of personal objectionable information, charleston sends the t-shirts but bulldog never pays, charleston runs an ad in the paper saying no one buy bulldogs shirts because they didn"t pay. Wtc and concluded that they should close the parking garage because it was a threat for terrorism.
