BUSINESS LAW REVIEW The Official Publication of the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association. Published by Husson University, Bangor, Maine, for the North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association. The Business Law Review is published once each year. Its purpose is to encourage scholarly research in Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business. Publication is made possible by gifts and grants from: Andover IP Law, Andover, MA. Bentley College, Waltham, MA. Husson University, Bangor, ME. North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association. Simmons College, Boston, MA. Suffolk University, Boston, MA. University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME. West Educational Publishing. EDITOR IN CHIEF: William B. Read Husson University ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Marie E. Hansen Husson University BOARD OF EDITORS: Robert C. Bird University of Connecticut Gerald R. Ferrara Bentley College Stephanie M. Greene Boston College William E. Greenspan University of Bridgeport Anne-Marie G. Hakstian Bentley College Chet Hickox University of Rhode Island Marianne DelPo Kulow Bentley College Stephen D. Lichtenstein Bentley College Gerald A. Madek Bentley College Carter H. Manny University of Southern Maine Christine N. O'Brien Boston College Lucille M. Ponte Florida Coastal Schoolof Law Margo E.K. Reder Boston College David Silverstein Suffolk University Edwin W. Tucker Professor Emeritus University of Connecticut David P. Twomey Boston College