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14. Fortnight Supplies, Inc. has contracted with Third Street Properties, LLC to provide Third Street with cement and equipment for the office building it is

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14. Fortnight Supplies, Inc. has contracted with Third Street Properties, LLC to provide Third Street with cement and equipment for the office building it is constructing. The owner of Pit-Stop Builders had been in negotiations with Third Street for several months to supply the cement. When Pit-Stop learned that it was not getting the contract, and that it was being awarded to Fortnight, a Pit- Stop vice president began telling Fortnight officials to be careful doing business with Third Street, saying that it was well-known that the company does not pay its sub-contractors timely and that it exposes its sub-contractors to liability because it fails to maintain adequate insurance. Third Street learns of Pit-stop's efforts and files a lawsuit against them. Third Street wants to sue for either slander or wrongful interference. Under which theory is Third Street least likely to recover? Explain your answer. 15. Brantley Foster is an employee of Prescott Transportation, which is majority-owned by his aunt, Vera Prescott. His uncle, Howard Prescott, was once president of Prescott, but no longer has an affiliation with the company. Howard is a highly sought-after mapmaker. Brantley asks his uncle to make a series of maps that can be converted into digital apps for the company's cross- country drivers. Brantley and Howard reach a hand-shake agreement and Howard draws the maps, but he also seeks to register each map so he can use them in a coffee-table atlas he plans to produce. Vera Prescott, angered by her nephew's actions, asks her company lawyers if she can claim that the project is a work-made-for hire. What advice do you believe the company lawyer would give to Vera Prescott

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