Chapter 12, question 12, page 547. Your answer should, at a minimum, show that you understand the meaning of the term “at-will employee” and what possible restrictions an employer might have on dismissing an at-will employee. A reader sent the following story to a newspaper question and answer forum: I was fired recently by my employer, an architecture firm, immediately after serving for one month on a federal grand jury. From the moment I informed my boss … I was harassed … and told I ...

Do you think Microsoft should be able to tell the licensees of its software that the software cannot be used to “disparage” Microsoft? What about its attempt to prevent its products from being used to “promote racism, hatred, or pornography”? If Microsoft brought a lawsuit against one of its licensees for in fact using one of its products to “disparage” Microsoft, or to “promote racism, hatred, or pornography,” what do you think the outcome would be?

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