Palsgraf? Try Hawkins v. McGee. Read more

This is directly from Prosser and Keeton on Torts (Fun Edition). Read more

Don’t forget expenses, including three martini lunches, daily pressing of the creases in my pant legs, and “entertainment” costs. Those are billed through, as well. Read more

If a jurisdiction is given in a question, I shoot to answer it based on that. For this one, there was no jurisdiction, so I chose New York because it has settled law in this context with a couple of interesting twists. So there is definite answer, just not one that will squarely apply in every single U.S. state and… Read more

This would be very nice in a perfect world - or even an adequate world - where a single person has the time needed to conduct a 50 state (and don’t forget the territories!) survey on statutes and case law for each possible scenario in order to support an article of less than 1,000 words. We do not live in that world. Read more

“Don’t be a dumbass” should be the only words in a single-slide IT training deck for new employees. Read more