Dispute Involving a Multinational Corporation

Legal Research Paper – Examine a recent dispute involving a multinational corporation

(750-850 words) –

Choose a legal issue that was the subject of a lecture/ reading, I have chosen Employment law, and prepare a 750-850 word research paper that examines its practical impact on a multinational business (for example, an international contract law lawsuit; the valuation of the intellectual property portfolio of a pharma giant; an employment law dispute over workplace discrimination).

Ensure you include discussion of the following required elements:

Your thesis: introduce and close your paper with an insightful conclusion you have reached based on your research. 

Legal context:  state clearly which specific legal issue you will discuss (for example, contracts, workplace discrimination, trade law, or immigration).

Business relevance: the business context in which you will discuss this issue (for example, a specific lawsuit; a decision by a judicial body such as the World Trade Organization; or a legal campaign by a civil society group such as Human Rights Watch, Global March Against Child Labor, or the World Wide Fund for Nature).

Legal analysis:  which laws were alleged to have been broken?  In which country was the case heard?  Which court(s) ruled on the case?

Business analysis of the legal issues involved: revenues affected, costs from the legal action and business outcome.

Other business issues: for example, public relations concerns, impact on employees, community impact in the places where the company operates, and any other issues you think relevant.

Continuing challenges: what ongoing issues does your chosen company face and what potential solutions can you identify?

Choose one of the references bellow to enforce your research paper:

Employment Law

Workplace sexual harassment. For example:

• Reeves v. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Links to an external site.: 2008 U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision about daily exposure to offensive language and radio programming.
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White Links to an external site.: 2006 U.S. Supreme Course decision about retaliation claims for workplace sexual harassment.

Investigation finds Utah County clerk/auditor sexually harassed employee, violating policy Links to an external site.: 2021 Utah case about employer sexual harassment (additional report about the same case: Utah County clerk/auditor called employee her ‘gay democratic assistant,’ according to harassment investigation Links to an external site.).