LEAB case studies
LEAB · Put your knowledge to work in context.
LEAB is a professional certification exam in business law, delivered in multiple-choice format and organized around seven weighted domains: the legal environment and regulatory framework (20%), contract law and commercial transactions (20%), business organizations and governance (15%), employment and labor law (15%), intellectual property and technology (10%), ethics, compliance and professional responsibility (10%), and risk management and dispute resolution (10%). It is aimed at professionals whose work touches commercial decision-making - compliance and risk staff, paralegals and contract administrators, operations and procurement managers, and early-career legal or business graduates - who need working fluency in how legal rules shape business choices rather than jurisdiction-specific litigation practice. The LEAB case studies are 5 cases and about 2,971 words.
1Custom Ovens, Oral Modification, and a Lost Catering Contract
Northwind Kitchenworks signed a purchase order with Forge & Flame for 12 custom convection ovens at 9,500 each, delivery by March 15, ahead of an April 1 opening. The ovens were to be specially manufactured with Northwind's logo.
676 words, about 3 min2Exempt Classification and Retaliation at a Regional Logistics Company
MetroLink Logistics employs 60 workers and classifies its 14 route planners as exempt administrative employees, paying each a $47,000 salary. The planners schedule 120 drivers, track late deliveries, answer customer calls, and use a prescribed routing platform.
584 words, about 3 min3Departing Engineer, Open-Source Code, and Customer Lists
Aster Analytics develops inventory software. Engineer Ravi Menon signed a confidentiality and invention-assignment agreement.
585 words, about 3 min4CFO Fraud, Privilege, and the Audit Representation Letter
Harborline Medical Devices' in-house counsel, Priya, learns from a controller that the CFO capitalized $3.2 million of operating expenses to keep the company within a bank covenant. The audit committee chair is the CFO's longtime friend.
559 words, about 3 min5HVAC Leak, Arbitration Clause, and a Liability Cap
Summit Field Services contracted with Granite Retail to maintain 18 rooftop HVAC units for 6,000 per month. The signed agreement includes an arbitration clause in paragraph 27, a class-action waiver, a 10,000 limitation of liability, a 30-day written notice requirement, and a forum selection clause naming Summit's home county.
567 words, about 3 min