1.Select a contract (i.e. employment agreement), disclaimer (i.e. product, guarantee or other written item that refers to the creation of, reservation of, or restrictions on intellectual property. Then provide a brief explanation of the intellectual property at issue and how the item you have selected affects the owner’s use/creation/etc.

2.Find a credit contract, whether yours or another’s, and identify (highlight/circle) and label ALL of the necessary contract elements in that document. If any have been omitted, write those items at the end of the contract. Given the sensitive nature of this assignment, personal information may (and is expected) to be blackened – I am looking for contract items, not ones financial or personal information.

3. George Geary was employed by United States Steel Corporation as a salesman for nearly fifteen years. Geary sold tubular products to oil and gas companies. He became involved in a dispute with the company when he questioned the safety of a new type of pipe and asserted that it would burst if it were subjected to the high pressures for which it had originally been designed. Geary believed that the product had not been thoroughly tested, and he voiced his concern to his superiors. Geary also by-passed his superiors and met with a company vice president to express his doubts about the product. Geary also threatened to complain to a state agency but did not do so. The products defects later became apparent to the company, and it was withdrawn from the market. Geary was terminated.

• What arguments support Geary's contention that he is a protected whistleblower?
• What arguments support United States Steel Corporation's position that Geary was an employee at will, and could therefore be terminated for any or no reason?
• Assuming that the jurisdiction in which this case is being tried has adopted the public policy exception to the employment-at-will rule, is Geary entitled to protection for voicing his concerns regarding product safety?