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The following is a description of an interactive exercise for teaching the general components of commercial real estate leases to an introductory Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Law undergraduate class. While many students have experience with a residential lease, the use of a commercial lease for this assignment is more appropriate in a business law class as the commercial lease relates specifically to business, is often more complex than a residential lease, and offers fruitful avenues of exploration for management considerations. Yet the landlord-tenant relationship places restrictions on a landlord's right to assert superior title to deprive a tenant of possession and on the tenant's right to challenge the landlord's title while the tenant is in possession. 53 I Compare i Practical Law Real Estate, I Industrial/Warehouse Lease (Pro-Landlord with Pro-Tenant Optional Provisions) i (2020), Westlaw 3-555-5446, I with i Practical Law Real Estate, I Office Lease Agreement (Multi-Tenant Net Lease) (Pro-Landlord Short Form) i (2020), Westlaw W-005-8336 (outlining subjects typically covered for each type of commercial lease). [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights extended coverage of the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include a period of time following the death of a family member for whom leave was taken. Topics discussed include provision of taking unpaid leave of up to twelve weeks to care for a spouse, child or parent suffering a serious illness; decision of a federal court in the case "Smith-Megote v. Craig Hospital;" and rationale and genesis of the FMLA.

The article offers a case study which tackles issues regarding the introduction of the intersection of blogging and employment law to students. It provides source materials regarding blogging and its legal implications. It offers information on the development of blogging and other forms of online user generated content. In addition, it discusses constitutional consideration of prosecuting employee bloggers.