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University of Missouri School of Law

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2010

Corporate

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Tale Of Two Policies: Corporate Immunity And Its Negative Externalities, The Worst Of Times For Consumers, A, David Ma Jul 2010

Tale Of Two Policies: Corporate Immunity And Its Negative Externalities, The Worst Of Times For Consumers, A, David Ma

Journal of Dispute Resolution

When the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in Kaneff v. Del. Title Loans, Inc., faced a Pennsylvania statute that prohibited payday loans,' the Third Circuit refused to enforce the state statute. This note will explore the reasoning underlying and discuss the effects of the Third Circuit's decision, providing a consequential look at the externalities that Kaneff created. As will become evident, these effects are quite serious and far-reaching, both to Pennsylvania's citizens and Pennsylvania's regulatory scheme.


Corporations Beware: The Eighth Circuit Announces New Criteria For Parent Corporation Liability And Constructive Notice Of Harassment, Lawrence S. Hall Apr 2010

Corporations Beware: The Eighth Circuit Announces New Criteria For Parent Corporation Liability And Constructive Notice Of Harassment, Lawrence S. Hall

Missouri Law Review

In Sandoval v. American Building Maintenance Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit announced two very important principles affecting corporations in regard to harassment liability. First, in looking at parent-subsidiary corporate relationships, the court re-established a four-factor test, which was vacated by the Eighth Circuit in 2007, that determines whether a parent corporation can be held liable for the acts of its subsidiaries. Second, when looking at a hostile work environment claim, the Eighth Circuit held that events involving harassment at multiple locations of which the defendant corporation was aware can be admitted to show that …