Superhero Organizations and Business Entities
One question that has come up a number of times is what kind of business entity would be best for superhero organizations like the Avengers or the Justice League. This was a bit too much for a mailbag,...
View ArticleTorchwood: Miracle Day Episode 4
By this point in the series, it’s pretty clear that the writers are deliberately trying to play with the “legal” consequences of the premise. And you know what? Good for them. Of course, it would have...
View ArticleCastle: “Head Case”
This week’s Castle introduces the issue of cryonics, i.e. the practice of “preserving” human remains in liquid nitrogen under the theory that identity and personality are simply a product of cellular...
View ArticleSuperhero Corporations I: Vicarious Liability
There are several superhero characters that also happen to be executives of major corporations. Batman, as Bruce Wayne, is the head of Wayne Industries. Tony Stark runs Stark Industries. Reed Richards...
View ArticleSuperhero Corporations II: Piercing the Corporate Veil
So a couple of days ago we talked about superhero corporations and respondeat superior. This time we’re taking a look at the opposite situation, where corporate actions can result in personal liability...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight: Embezzlement
On Friday we talked about legal ethics in The Dark Knight. Now we’re going to take a look at an issue with consequences beyond the movie’s version of Batman. Specifically: does being the CEO or...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight Rises I: Corporate Shenanigans
The latest and presumably last installment in Christopher Nolan’s epic Dark Knight Trilogy, beginning with Batman Begins, continuing through The Dark Knight and now culminating in The Dark Knight...
View ArticleNelson & Murdock Becomes Just Nelson
Today’s post is about the latest issue of Daredevil. (If you aren’t following Mark Waid’s run on Daredevil, you should be. If you want to catch up, the first six issues and issues 7-10.1 are...
View ArticleThe Money Pit
The Money Pit is a 1986 film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Hanks plays Walter Fielding, a young New York entertainment lawyer, who with his girlfriend Anna...
View ArticleFuturama: Future Stock
This guest post was written by Craig Messing, an attorney from New York, who contacted us with this excellent idea for a post. If you are a legal professional (e.g. an attorney, judge, or law...
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