Doctrine, Doctrine … Give Me The News

There are approximately 500 legal doctrines referenced in Black's Law Dictionary.  And there are more where those came from.  Legal doctrines – many of which originated before the United States was in existence – routinely shape the end result of a legal dispute.  While there would be no way to adequately identify and describe all potential legal doctrines, over the next few blog posts, I will provide a random list and brief description of interesting legal doctrines which have been successfully utilized in business litigation:

• Intracorporate Conspiracy Immunity Doctrine (a/k/a Inra-enterprise Conspiracy Doctrine): A doctrine holding that a business cannot conspire with itself.   The doctrine has been extended to negate conspiracy claims asserted against parent-pubsidiary companies, sister companies (two wholly owned subsidiaries) and employees/agents.  See, e.g., Copperweld Corp. v. Indep. Tube Corp., 467 U.S. 752, 771, (1984) ("the coordinated activity of a