Podcast Episodes

Tort law (2022): Economic torts: Insurance bad faith

Insurance bad faith is a tort unique to the law of the United States (but with parallels elsewhere, particularly Canada) that an insurance company commits by violating the "implied covenant of good f…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): State and local taxation: Sales taxes (Part Three) (Missouri. thru Tennessee) + Internet transactions

Missouri imposes a sales tax upon all sales of tangible personal property, as well as some "taxable services"; it also charges a use tax for the "privilege of storing, using or consuming within this …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Property law (2022): Related topics: Conflict of property laws + Blackacre + Security deposit

In conflict of laws, the term lex loci (Latin for "the law of the place") is a shorthand version of the choice of law rules that determine the lex causae (the laws chosen to decide a case).

General p…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: false pretenses

Season 17 Episode 48

In criminal law, property is obtained by false pretenses when the acquisition results from intentional misrepresentation of a past or existing fact.

Elements.

The elements of false pretenses are:

a f…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Civil procedure: Jurisdiction: Personal jurisdiction

Season 21 Episode 7

Personal jurisdiction is a court's jurisdiction over the parties, as determined by the facts in evidence, which bind the parties to a lawsuit, as opposed to subject-matter jurisdiction, which is juri…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Tort law (2022): Economic torts: Conspiracy

Season 16 Episode 59

Economic torts, which are also called business torts, are torts that provide the common law rules on liability which arise out of business transactions such as interference with economic or business …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): State and local taxation: Sales taxes (Part Two) (State by state: Alabama thru Mississippi)

Season 17 Episode 47

By jurisdiction.

Sales tax rates and what is taxed vary by jurisdiction. The following table compares taxes on selected classes of goods in the states. Significant other differences apply. Following …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Property law (2022): Related topics: Nemo dat + Quicquid plantatur

Season 17 Episode 47

Nemo dat quod non habet, literally meaning "no one can give what they do not have", is a legal rule, sometimes called the nemo dat rule, that states that the purchase of a possession from someone who…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Extortion

Season 17 Episode 47

Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offense; the bulk of this article deals with such cases. Robbery is the si…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Civil procedure: Amount in controversy + Supplemental jurisdiction + Removal jurisdiction + Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

Season 21 Episode 6

Amount in controversy (sometimes called jurisdictional amount) is a term used in civil procedure to denote the amount at stake in a lawsuit, in particular in connection with a requirement that person…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago