Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business 20e: 2025 Release ISE

Marisa Anne Pagnattaro is the I.W. Cousins Professor of Business Ethics and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in English at the University of Georgia, her J.D. from New York Law School, and her B.A. from Colgate University. Prior to joining the Georgia faculty, Dr. Pagnattaro was a litigation attorney with Kilpatrick & Cody (now known as Kilpatrick Townsend) in Atlanta. Dr. Pagnattaro is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, and she also won the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Charles M. Hewett Master Teacher Competition in 2010. She is the author of many scholarly articles on national and international employment law issues, as well as labor issues related to international trade and the protection of trade secrets in China. She is an active member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and is a former Editor in Chief of the American Business Law Journal. Dan Cahoy is a Professor of Business Law and Dean’s Faculty Fellow in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a registered patent attorney, with a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining Penn State, Professor Cahoy was a litigator at an intellectual property firm in New York City, where he specialized in pharmaceutical and biotechnology cases. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on technology law, regulatory policy, and sustainability, and he received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2009 to serve as the Visiting Chair in International Humanitarian Law at the University of Ottawa. Professor Cahoy is a former Editor in Chief of the American Business Law Journal and IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology. He has also held various leadership positions in academic organizations including serving as an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Julie Manning Magid is a Professor of Business Law and a Kelley Venture Fellow in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She also is the Director of the Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at Indiana University. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her A.B. from Georgetown University. Prior to joining the Kelley School faculty, Professor Magid was a litigation attorney specializing in employment and business litigation. Professor Magid is recognized for her teaching in the undergraduate, graduate, specialized graduate, and online teaching environments, with numerous teaching awards, including the Kelley School of Business MBA Teaching Excellence Award and the Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. Her teaching received international recognition from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business as the overall winner of the Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Award. Professor Magid is the author of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters focused on public policy related to health care, gender, innovation, and privacy. She is a Life Sciences Research Fellow with the Center for the Business of Life Science and a member of the Editorial Board of the American Business Law Journal.

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: LEGAL FOUNDATIONS FOR BUSINESS1:  Law as a Foundation for Business2:  The Role of Ethics in Decision Making3:  Understanding the Court System4:  Litigation5:  Alternative Dispute Resolution6:  The ConstitutionPART TWO: BASIC LEGAL PRINCIPLES7:  The Property System8:  Contract Formation9:  Contractual Performance and Breach10: Torts Affecting Business11: Intellectual Property12: Global Expansion and International Law13: Criminal Law and Business14: Business OrganizationsPART THREE: THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE FOR BUSINESS15: The Regulatory Process16: Regulating Competition—Antitrust Laws17: Financial and Securities Regulations18: Privacy and Consumer Protection19: Environmental Regulation and Resource Sustainability PART FOUR: THE EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP20: Employment Discrimination Laws 21: Employer Responsibilities and Employee Rights-Employment Laws22: Labor—Management RelationshipAppendix I: Case Briefing and Legal Study TipsAppendix II: Sample ComplaintAppendix III: The Constitution of the United States of America