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The suburban city sues Bright Lights, Big City in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The suburban city and the ACME Hardware store are in the Northern District of Illinois. Does this federal court have personal jurisdiction over Bright Lights, Big City?

Which of the following statements correctly distinguishes between civil and criminal litigation?

Omni Consumer Products (OCP) hired Richard “Dick” Jones, president of the company, to invent a robot, and the board of OCP gave him the power as president to invent a robot sentry to be used by police for “urban pacification.” The robot sentry was to bear the trademark “ED209.” Dick Jones also hired Seymour Berkhoff to help develop the operating system and write the software for the ED209 robot. While testing the ED209 robot in the boardroom, the robot malfunctioned and Mr. Kinney, a young OCP executive, was killed by the robot. The Chairman of the board was “very disappointed” in Dick Jones, and noted that the delay would set back the company significantly. Dick Jones knows that the information about the ED209 robot’s malfunction is not public information, and that if it were, it would cause the company’s stock to dip. Dick also knew that the Chairman of OCP would have to make an announcement any moment that deployment of the ED200 robot would be delayed. He quickly calls up his stockbroker, and tells him to sell 25 percent of his OCP stock. When the Chairman announced the delay in deployment of the ED209 robot later that afternoon, the company’s stock fell. Dick’s sale of his stock prevented his own potential loss of almost 10 million dollars. What U.S. law did Dick Jones violate?

Assume there were documents that show that the engineers of Bright Lights, Big City acted reasonably, and diligently, in the design of the Christmas Lights product. To prevail against the city in a lawsuit alleging the product defect, Bright Lights, Big City can produce the documentation and show that their engineers were not at fault since these engineers used reasonable care.

Following up on Question 9 above, suppose instead that Alex had responded to the partners, “No, I’m only going to bill 2,000 hours, but I’ll bring in five clients – that’s the deal.” Which of the following best characterizes Alex’s response to the partnership’s offer?

The Phoenix Foundation manufactures and sells pocket knives, which account for only 10% of the market share for pocket knives. The Foundation also sells cigarette lighters, but they hold only a 5% share of that market. In an effort to boost sales and increase competitiveness, the Phoenix Foundation decides to bundle the pocket knife with a cigarette lighter, requiring customers to purchase both items together. Angus MacGyver, a customer who is interested only in purchasing the pocket knife and not the cigarette lighter, believes this practice violates antitrust laws. Is the Phoenix Foundation likely in violation of U.S. antitrust laws?

Can Clark Griswold get his money back (i.e., a refund)?

An accounting firm currently provides bookkeeping services for several public companies. Carl Bruner suggests increasing profits by adding an auditing division and offering auditing services to its existing bookkeeping clients. Sam Wheat vehemently disagrees, stating he’d rather “ghost” the firm than participate in what he sees as a conflict of interest. Who is correct? Do you agree with Carl or Sam?

For questions 5-6, please refer to the following passage: Dr. Charles Nichols, a research physician, pushed for the pharmaceutical company Devlin MacGregor to sell RDU-90, a drug that he knew was harmful to the liver. After the sale of the drug, Devlin MacGregor was sued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Norther District of Illinois federal district court for violating FDA regulations. The FDA subsequently revoked approval of the drug. Devlin MacGregor suffered massive economic losses.

If a PCT application claiming priority to the U.S. application were filed on January 15, 2017, would a patent that issues in a country requiring “absolute novelty” be valid?