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Does the theory of vicarious liability apply to cases of research fraud?
How big a problem is research fraud, especially in the soft sciences like psychology, economics, and political science? By now, most people in Academia are familiar with the case of Diederik Stapel, a former professor of social psychology at Tilburg … Continue reading
Lesson 3: “The Harvard Connection”
Thus far, we have focused on Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg and his creation of “Facemash” in the fall of 2003, a website which was arguably illegal and which we discussed at length in Lesson 1. It’s now time to introduce Harvard … Continue reading
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“Friends with Benefits”
According to this chart prepared by Ian T. Sommers (via Dadaviz), the overall “fling to serious relationship” ratio on the TV show “Friends” is about 4 : 3. Do these data reveal any other intriguing patterns?
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Distribution of US National Parks
Credit: Leon Markovitz (via Dadaviz).
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Lesson 2: The Ad Board
This semester, we are using the founding of Facebook as an in-depth case study to explore various aspects of business law and ethics. In Lesson 1, for example, we discussed the legal and moral dimensions of “Facemash,” a short-lived website … Continue reading
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Not all x’s are alike …
Used this diagram in class today to discuss the range of business law advice pic.twitter.com/mA06RI3Uda — David Orozco (@ProfessorOrozco) September 2, 2015 We like this chart by our friend and colleague David Orozco. In this case, x = lawyers. But … Continue reading
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More thoughts on the creation of a “Facebook legal privilege”
Broadly speaking, the law protects certain communications from forced disclosure in judicial proceedings. For example, the law recognizes an evidentiary “attorney-client privilege,” which is a legal privilege that protects confidential communications made to an attorney by his client. (In addition, … Continue reading
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“Let the hacking begin …” (Lesson 1, Part 2)
In a previous post, we asked whether Mark Zuckerberg breached any legal duties or violated any laws when he created Facemash? One theory of legal liability might be the tort of invasion of privacy, since Zuckerberg downloaded and then re-posted pictures of Harvard … Continue reading
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Our Summer Reading List (Part 3)
We are returning to this important book on “Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge” by our friend Deborah Mayo. We had started reading her fascinating book last spring and hope to finish it sometime this fall. We consider it a … Continue reading
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prior probability 