Larry D. Foster, II

University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business

One Main Street

Houston, TX 77002

United States

Prairie View A&M University - College of Business

Prairie View, TX

United States

  • University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business

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1.

THE FTX CRYPTO DEBACLE: LARGEST FRAUD SINCE MADOFF?

54 University of Memphis Law Review 289, Winter 2023
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 08 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 31 May 2024
Lawrence J. Trautman and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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Almeda Research, audit, Sam Bankman-Fried, BlockFi, Celsius, Coinbase, corporate governance, crypto, DARE, digital assets, ethics, EO 14067, Federal Commodities Trading Commission, FCTC, Federal Reserve System, FinCEN, FTX, Genesis, Gary Gensler, national security, SEC, terrorism finance,

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Contracts In Brief

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 May 2020 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2023
Lawrence J. Trautman, Judith Bohr, Larry D. Foster II, Lora Koretz, Anthony McMullen, H. Justin Pace and Michelle A. Romero
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State, University of Central Arkansas, Western Carolina University - College of Business and Florida International University (FIU)
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acceptance, agreement, capacity, consideration, contract, offer, legality, promise, UCC

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Ethical Failure at Theranos

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2024
Lawrence J. Trautman, Larry D. Foster II, Lora Koretz, Clyde McNeil, Eric D. Yordy and Ashley Salinas
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State, Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, The W. A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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accounting, AICPA, audit standards, corporate governance, deontology, entrepreneurship, fake-it-till-you-make-it, fraud triangle, Elizabeth Holmes, shareholder rights, Theranos, utilitarianism, venture capital, virtue ethics

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Customer Injuries: An Introduction To Tort Law

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2022
Lawrence J. Trautman, Larry D. Foster II, Thomas Freeman, Vanessa Johnson and Lora Koretz
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Houston - Clear Lake and W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State
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agency, breach, causation, cyberbreach, cyber torts, damages, duty, employee, employer, insurance, intentional business torts, medical torts, proximate cause, risk, tort law, vicarious liability

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Why Study Law?

32 Southern Law Journal (2023)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Lawrence J. Trautman, Judith Bohr, Rachel Chambers, Michael Conklin, Brian Elzweig, Dr. Angélica Guevara, Larry D. Foster II, Christopher P. Guzelian, Ella McCown Jones, Lora Koretz, Rebecca Nieman, Kurt M. Saunders and Destynie Sewell
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Connecticut - School of Business, Angelo State University - Business Law, University of West Florida, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, Texas State University School of Business, Ohio University, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State, University of San Diego, Knauss School of Business, California State University, Northridge and University of Nebraska at Omaha - College of Business Administration
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admiralty, administrative law, alternate dispute resolution, antitrust, appellate, business organizations, communications, community law, constitutional, contract, corporations, corporate governance, criminal law, disability, employment, environmental, estates and trusts, human rights, immigration,

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Employment Law: The Basics

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2023
Lawrence J. Trautman, Judith Bohr, Larry D. Foster II, Thomas Freeman, Lora Koretz, Anthony McMullen, H. Justin Pace, Lester C. Reams, David D Schein and Robert Zinko
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State, University of Central Arkansas, Western Carolina University - College of Business, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, University of Saint Thomas, Houston - Cameron School of Business and Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
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affirmative action, age, benefits, Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, COVID-19 pandemic, disability, discrimination, EEOC, employee, employment law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, gender, human resources, Internet, LGBTQ, labor law, national origin, OSHA

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Alternative Dispute Resolution In Brief

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2023
Larry D. Foster II, Michael Conklin, David Orozco, Carrie Shu Shang and Lawrence J. Trautman
University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, Angelo State University - Business Law, Florida State University - College of Business, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
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ADR, agent, artificial intelligence (“AI”), arbitration, award enforcement, conflict, e-negotiation, game theory, litigation, mediation, negotiation, arbitration, facilitative, evaluative, transformative, med-arb, arb-med, conciliation, ombudsman, offer, online dispute resolution, principal, settle

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Intellectual Property In the Era of AI, Blockchain and Web 3.0

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Mar 2023
Timothy T. Hsieh, Robert W. Emerson, Larry D. Foster II, Brian A. Link, Cherie A. Sherman and Lawrence J. Trautman
Oklahoma City University - School of Law, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, Pepperdine University - Seaver College, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
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artificial intelligence, blockchain, computer, copyright, cybersecurity, encryption, intellectual property, internet, metaverse, IP, national security, non-fungible tokens, NFTs, patents, property theft, quantum computing, trademark, trade secret, virtual currencies

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Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Importance of Corporate Governance

16(1) Case Western Univ. Journal of Law, Technology, & The Internet (2025)
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 04 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2025
Lawrence J. Trautman and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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501(C)3, AI, artificial intelligence, board of directors, China, ChatGPT, GPT-3, GPT-4, corporate governance, Dall-E, effective altruism, Elon Musk, entity structure, entrepreneurship, generative AI, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, innovation, large language models, machine learning, national securi

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Why Study Ethics?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2024
Lawrence J. Trautman, Lois Blyden, Nanci Carr, Jehan El-Jourbagy, Larry D. Foster II, Chelsea Green, Bruce W. Klaw, Robert W. McGee, Santiago Mejia, Karen Meyers, Eric Sader, David D Schein and Cari Sheehan
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Prairie View A&M University, California State University, Northridge - Department of Business Law, Georgia College, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, Miami University Farmer School of Business, University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting, Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, Miami University of Ohio, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law, University of Saint Thomas, Houston - Cameron School of Business and Indiana University
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Adelphia Communications, artificial intelligence, Budweiser, cancel culture, climate, consumer protection, Disney, employment, Enron, environment, ethical reasoning, ethics, FCPA, food insecurity, fraud, FTX, General Motors, job discrimination, Bernard Madoff, pollution, politics, privacy,

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Legal Analysis: A Template To Analyze and Brief Any Legal Issue

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025
Lawrence J. Trautman, Mark Edwin Burge, Nanci Carr, Michael Conklin and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Texas A&M University School of Law, California State University, Northridge - Department of Business Law, Angelo State University - Business Law and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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application, Bloomberg Law, business law, case analysis, conclusion, constitutional law, framing, HeinOnline, IRAC, issue, legal analysis, legal research and writing, literature and law, logical structure, metaphor, LexusNexus.com, open source intelligence, original meaning, rhetoric, rule, supreme court, Westlaw (Thomson Reuters), writing JEL Classifications: Word Count (Including Footnotes)= 10, 513

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Social Media, Law, Meta, Instagram, Tiktok, And Facebook: Unsafe For Pre-Adults? 

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Nov 2024
Lawrence J. Trautman and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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addiction, anxiety, artificial intelligence, battle for attention, ByteDance, child abuse, children, consumer safety, cyberbullying, depression, Discord, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, Instagram, law, mental health, Meta, pedophiles

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Purdue Pharma, The Sackler Family, and The U.S. Opioid Epidemic

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2024
Lawrence J. Trautman and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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addiction, cannabis, cocaine, corporate governance, drugs, depressants, FDA, fentanyl, hallucinogens, heroin, marijuana, morphine, MS Contin, multinational organized crime, national security, nervous system, opioids, opium, OxyContin, pain relief, Purdue Pharma, regulation, Sackler family, terrorism

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What Accountants Need to Know About the Law

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Lawrence J. Trautman, Michael Conklin, Larry D. Foster II, Neal F. Newman and Eric D. Yordy
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, Angelo State University - Business Law, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, Texas A&M University School of Law and The W. A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University
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ACA, AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, agency, bankruptcy, business entities, capital formation, contracts, CPA exam blueprint, credit and secured transactions, cybersecurity, employment, Enron, ERISA, ethics, FCPA, information security, PCAOB, qualified health plans, sale of goods, Sarbanes-Oxley

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Timely Thoughts About U.S. Real Estate Markets

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2024
Sanzid Haq, Lawrence J. Trautman and Larry D. Foster II
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View A&M University - College of Business and University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business
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acquisition, agency, agent, bankruptcy, broker, collateral, commercial property, contract, debt, deeds, easements, fixtures, foreclosure, homeless, household formation, housing, insurance, investment, landlord, law, leases, leverage, mortgage, occupier, office buildings, ownership, property, real estate, real estate investment trust, REITS, rental, residential, takings, tax, tenant, tort

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The Battle for Attention: Fostering Classroom Active Engagement

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2023
Lawrence J. Trautman, Larry D. Foster II, Lora Koretz, Brian A. Link, Destynie Sewell and Eric D. Yordy
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown - College of Business, W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State, Pepperdine University - Seaver College, University of Nebraska at Omaha - College of Business Administration and The W. A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University
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active engagement, attention, business, cinema, constitutional law, contracts, corporate governance, cybersecurity risk, Facebook, Instagram, Law, Pedagogy, Reddit, Snapchat, SSRN, surveillance capitalism, teaching, Threads, TikTok, torts, Tumblr, Twitter, Twich, YouTube, What’sApp