Legal Commentary

?Seinfeld and the Law: ?A Seminar About Nothing??

By Eugene Volokh

A Continuing Legal Education online seminar available in South Carolina:

Fans of the famous 90?s sitcom, Seinfeld, may not have realized it, but they were watching a show rife with complex legal issues. Not only were there numerous lawsuits and potential lawsuits within the storyline of the show, but one episode even sparked a real-world suit against the network. In this unique seminar, Robert Rushing uses the milieu of Seinfeld to discuss a wide range of legal concepts. Don?t miss this chance to brush up your legal knowledge in a unique and entertaining way.

The following is a list of each episode mentioned and the related legal issues:

?The Puffy Shirt? ? Contract law, meeting of the minds, the Mirror Image Rule, damages
?The Wink? ? Real property conveyances, contract law, actionable conversions
?The Old Man? ? Elder law, conservatorship, competency, informal agreements
?The Seven? ? Contract law, promises, rhetoricals, warranties, ADR, quantum meruit
?The Soup? ? Real property
?The Soup Nazi?- Libel, false light cases, intellectual property (real-world lawsuit)
?The Serenity Now? ? Products liability, disclaimers, causation
?The Alternate Side? ? Tort law, proximate cause, liability and agency
?The Pie? ? Tort law, intellectual property
?The Sniffing Accountant?- Libel, slander per se (in-show lawsuit)
?Newman?s Speeding Ticket? ? Ethics, perjury, Rule 303
?The Marlborough Man? ? Ethics, ex parte communication, Rule 7?104 (in-show lawsuit)
?The Finale? ? Character evidence, modus operandi, relevancy (in-show criminal trial)

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).