David Hudson serves as an attorney for the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center, which is funded by the Freedom Forum, seeks to foster a greater public understanding and appreciation for First Amendment rights and values. Hudson writes for the Freedom Forum's online publication, The Freedom Forum Online, and other leading publications devoted to First Amendment issues. He contributes regularly to the American Bar Association's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases, the Commercial Speech Digest and the ABA Journal.

Victims of crime have often sued businesses claiming that the business' failure to provide adequate security was the cause of their harm. Businesses counter that the sudden violent acts of third parties are inherently unforeseeable. This course explores this intriguing area of the law, which is rampant with major public policy issues on both sides. This course introduces the different tests courts use to determine whether a legal duty exists on the business owner. The course then tests participants with a series of fact patterns drawn from real appellate cases.