...Subject Discipline/Course Number: Business Law BSAD C131-50 CRN: 50074 [->0] Instructor’s Name: Anthony (Tony) Damiano Class Day/Time/Class Room: On-line Contact: [->1] or (760) 371-0633 (AT&T Cellular Service) After Hours: Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM (All times are Pacific Standard) General Course Information: It is every student’s responsibility to ensure proper enrollment or withdrawal from this class. You are responsible for your administrative issues. I am responsible for your education and participation in this class. Course Title: Introduction to Business Law Course Description: This course introduces students to the legal environment of business and the American legal system. Students will examine contracts in depth and agency law. The course will include a study of the governmental regulation of business and the relationship between administrative/legislative (state and federal) law, and business ethics. Text: Business Law 4rd Business Ed Revised (2012): Morgan, Shedd & Corley ISBN: 978-1-61882-007-5 COURSE GOALS & OBJECTIVES: Provides an overview of relevant Business Law principles and practices as applied to contemporary organizations. The focus of this course will be the generally applicable laws affecting people and business organizations in the United States, any United States jurisdictions, and doing business with other countries. Student learning outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course...
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...Mohamed Mohamed BLAW 320-50 Chapter 9 Web Assignment 1. What are the facts of the case? (4 pts.) Plaintiff is a resident of Seattle Washington and saw an advertisement for a Pepsi commercial in which Pepsi required to promote their products by having a point system. That is, the more Pepsi products you buy, the more points you obtain and you are than able to redeem the points for merchandise in the official Pepsi catalog. Plaintiff saw an advertisement for a Harrier Fighter Jet, which was shown for 7,000 points. Pepsi intended this to be a joke in the way in was depicted and not an offer. Collected the amount of points necessary and demanded the Harrier jet. 2. What is the core legal issue the court needed to resolve? How did it resolve the issue? (3 pts.) Whether television commercial constituted and offer is the central question in this case. The other issue is that the plaintiff suggested the item listed, wasn’t available in the catalog. Another issue of importance is the fact of deceptive advertising. His reasoning is that he could not clearly be able to buy enough Pepsi to collect the necessary Pepsi Points fast enough. Another core issue is in reference to letters that were send to the defendant by the plaintiff in efforts to redeem the allege offer. The defendant came back and responded by say was not an offer. The court comes to the conclusion that Harriet Jet was merely an advertisement and therefore it found that the plaintiffs understanding of the...
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...Business Law Chapter 3: Hypothetical Scenarios & Case Problems Did Lamar have standing to challenge the ordiance? I don’t believe Lamar had the right to challenge. The Orchard Park ordinance clearly states that they restrict signs in certain areas , to advertising products and services available for sale only and on the premises, and to other limits. Lamar stated that this was a violation of the First Amendment. I do not see how this violates the First Amendment because the First Amendment states that, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment was written because at America's inception, citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedoms. Lamar simply wanted to erect billboards in a multiphase operation throughout the town, by doing this, it does not relate to the First Amendment and if brought to court I believe the case will be dismissed. Chapter 4: Hypothetical Scenarios & Case Problems 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 (pp. 135–136) 4.1 What defense does the defendant have for this lawsuit? The defense can state that it is against the law for riding a bike on a city street. You must ride your bike on the road and follow the same rules of the road as other vehicle operators, including obeying traffic signs, signals...
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...Ten things that you need to know about Chapters 10 and 11 for BLAW 3310 1. What does Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code cover? Article 2 of the UCC covers contracts for the sale of goods. 2. What are goods covered under Article 2? Goods are, tangible, movable property that have a physical existence and that can be moved from place to place. Services, real property, intangible property, intellectual property, and stocks and bonds are examples of things that are not covered. 3. What if a contract is for both goods and services, then does the UCC cover? A court would use the predominant-factor test to decide. If the contract is predominantly for the sale of goods, then it would apply, if it was primarily for the sale of services then it would not. (ie You enter into a contract for a new air conditioner (a good). As part of the contract, the seller will install the air conditioning unit (a service). The court would probably rule that since the predominant factor of why the contract was entered into was to get a new air conditioner, the installation was ancillary to that and therefore the UCC would apply). 4.-6. What happens under the UCC if a term is left open in a contract? (Since this is a long question I will divide into parts and count as two things) It depends on what term is left open (not included in the contract). According to common law, an offer must be definite enough for the parties to ascertain its essential terms. But under the U...
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...Ten things that you need to know about Chapters 10 and 11 for BLAW 3310 1. What does Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code cover? Article 2 of the UCC covers contracts for the sale of goods. 2. What are goods covered under Article 2? Goods are, tangible, movable property that have a physical existence and that can be moved from place to place. Services, real property, intangible property, intellectual property, and stocks and bonds are examples of things that are not covered. 3. What if a contract is for both goods and services, then does the UCC cover? A court would use the predominant-factor test to decide. If the contract is predominantly for the sale of goods, then it would apply, if it was primarily for the sale of services then it would not. (ie You enter into a contract for a new air conditioner (a good). As part of the contract, the seller will install the air conditioning unit (a service). The court would probably rule that since the predominant factor of why the contract was entered into was to get a new air conditioner, the installation was ancillary to that and therefore the UCC would apply). 4.-6. What happens under the UCC if a term is left open in a contract? (Since this is a long question I will divide into parts and count as two things) It depends on what term is left open (not included in the contract). According to common law, an offer must be definite enough for the parties to ascertain its essential terms. But under the U...
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...University of North Texas ACCT 4400 (3 hours): Auditing - Professional Responsibilities Summer II 2012 Section 001 - Section Time Place 001 MTWR 10:00am -11:50am BLB 255 Instructor: Jay Baker, MSFS, MBA,CPA,CFP Email: Best way to contact me – EMAIL ME ONLY at Keith.Baker@unt.edu Phone: 940.369.8156 Office and Office Hours: BLB 387C - Tue. & Wed. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Required Materials: 1. Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach. Messier, Glover, and Prawitt. 8th ed. 2012. Prerequisites: ACCT 3120 and ACCT 4100; BLAW 3430; must have a 2.5 GPA in all ACCT 3000 and ACCT 4000 courses taken at UNT or their equivalent taken at other colleges and universities to take this course. ACCT 4400 may not be taken more than twice whether at UNT or at another college or university. Class Website: A class website will be established and maintained throughout the course on Blackboard (go to http://www.unt.edu/ and click the link at the top for “Blackboard”). Course materials such as notes will be available on Blackboard. You are responsible for anything that I note through Blackboard emails and announcements. Course Description: Introduction to auditing and the professional responsibilities of a career in any specialty of the accounting profession. Topics include the legal and ethical responsibilities of accountants; professional auditing standards; the audit risk model; the acquisition, evaluation and documentation of audit evidence; reports on the results of the audit engagement...
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...you who want to improve their results on BRS1, we offer a resit opportunity. To participate in the resit, you have to prepare the framework of a report about a research on corporate social responsiblity (CSR) , for a brand of your own choice. You as a researcher are being asked to research the company image (of the brand you choose yourself) in terms of CSR. The Resit assignment consists of 5 parts: 1. Choose a brand 2. Develop the research methodology a. Formulate the research problem b. Define the central research objective c. List the key concepts d. Design at least 4 research questions 3. Develop the table of contents of this report. The table of contents has to look like a professional table of contents. 4. Give a short summary of what you are going to describe in each chapter of your report. Don’t use more than 5 lines per chapter. 5. Give the bibliography in APA-style, with at least 3 relevant sources (wikipedia is not allowed). To be clear, you have to execute the 5 parts of the assignment, you do not have to write the whole research report. Start each part on a new page. You have to upload the assignment on DLWO before the deadline. The deadline for the resit is the 10th of January before 17.00 pm. If you participate in the resit, then the result for the resit will replace the results of the individual assignments. Resit assignment 1. Choosing a Brand for a research about Corporate Social Responsibility About (CSR) (CSR) is defined as the...
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...1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment”. The connection between employer and employees establish the success of a business. Employees are expected to have loyalty and obedience to his employer. When the employee signs a contract is willing to be bound and give the employer the best of his work. Most important the employee is supposed to follow all lawful and clearly given command of his employer and any difference or negligence of duty is punishable under law as well. In other words, the employee is bound by rules and regulations at his workplace and it could be liable for a penalty or punishment in case of violation of any kind. The employer is also bound to provide certain workplace conditions to the employees and the employer needs to give clear instructions to his employees to avoid errors. Thus both employee and employer should perform their part of duty in the best interest of the business and attract more customers. In Longmeid v. Holliday, the distinction is recognized between an act of negligence imminently dangerous to the lives of others, and one that is not so. In the former case, the party guilty of the negligence is liable to the party injured, whether there be a contract between them or not; in the latter, the negligent party is liable only to the party with whom he contracted, and on the ground that negligence is a breach of the contract (6 Ex 761, 155 ER 752). Every man who, by his culpable negligence, causes the death...
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...BLAW 510 Notes Lecture #1 NY State Local Courts Specialty Court Main 3 Tier System County Court Family Court Court of Appeals City Court Surrogate’s Court Appellate Division Town & Village Court Court of Claims Supreme Court Town & Village You don’t have to be a licensed attorney to become a town / village judge Traffic tickets are the most cases in town/village court DWI Reckless Driving AUO Limited Criminal Jurisdiction (Jurisdiction = Authority) Misdemeanor = Minor Crime Felony = Major Court Limited Civil Jurisdiction (Civil = money or property) Summary Proceeding = Eviction matter Lawsuit of Landlord trying to evict the tenant Town/Village court small claim limit is $3,000 (City is $5,000) Small claims are brought against the defendant in the town the defendant resides in. Small claim jurisdiction in City Court is Countywide. City Court Biggest volume regarding traffic matters Misdemeanor Jurisdiction Civil Jurisdiction Summary Proceedings Small claims jurisdiction (up to $5,000. Countywide) Need to be a licensed attorney to be a city court judge, practice 5 years minimum, and resident of the city County Court Every county has one Felony, Criminal Trials = 95% Appeals from lower courts go up to County courts Limited Civil Jurisdiction, Small claims Court of Claims Claims brought against the state. If you have a lawsuit against the state of NY, bring it to Court of Claims...
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...Chapter 1 The Legal Environment Answers to Learning Objectives/ For Review Questions at the Beginning and THE END OF THE CHAPTER NOTE THAT YOUR STUDENTS CAN FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE EVEN-NUMBERED FOR REVIEW QUESTIONS ON THIS TEXT’S WEB SITE AT WWW.CENGAGE.COM/BLAW/BLT. WE REPEAT THESE ANSWERS HERE AS A CONVENIENCE TO YOU. 1A Sources of Law Primary sources of law are sources that establish the law. In the United States, these include the U.S. Constitution and the state constitutions, statues passed by Congress and the state legislatures, regulations created by administrative agencies, and court decisions, or case law. 2A COMMON LAW TRADITION Because of our colonial heritage, much of American law is based on the English legal system. In that system, after the Norman conquest, the king’s courts sought to establish a uniform set of rules for the entire country. What evolved in these courts was the common law—a body of general legal principles that applied throughout the entire English realm. Courts developed the common law rules from the principles underlying judges’ decisions in actual legal controversies. 3A Precedent Judges attempt to be consistent, and when possible, they base their decisions on the principles suggested by earlier cases. They seek to decide similar cases in a similar way and consider new cases with care, because they know that their conflicting decisions make new law. Each interpretation becomes part of the law on the subject and...
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...VINCENNES UNIVERSITY CATALOG Vol. LXIX August, 2010 No. 61 A COMPREHENSIVE TWO-YEAR COLLEGE OFFERING ASSOCIATE DEGREES IN THE LIBERAL ARTS, SCIENCES, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY AND OFFERING BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN SPECIALIZED AREAS Accreditation The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 263-0456 www.ncacihe.org FAX 312-263-7462 Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting American Bar Association American Board of Funeral Service Education American Health Information Management Association Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education Federal Aviation Administration Higher Education Coordinating Board of the State of Washington Indiana State Board of Nursing Joint Review Committee on Education In Radiologic Technology National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships National Association of Schools of Art and Design National Association of Schools of Theatre National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Printing Industries of America, Inc. Approved for Veterans Membership The American Association of Community Colleges Aviation Technician Education Council The Council of North Central Two Year Colleges The Higher Education Transfer Alliance The National Academic Advising Association The North Central Association...
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...& A Forum for your questions and comments (not graded) | | There is a drop down arrow next to the "Select a Topic" box. Click on this arrow to select topics for discussion. | ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Select a Topic: Bottom of Form The World Bank Situation (graded) | Class, please read Chapter 2, problem 5 from the Jennings text, p. 72. This week, we will discuss the Wolfowitz situation at the World Bank. Consider the questions at the end of the problem as you make comments in the threads this week. What are the ethics here? Was Wolfowitz trying to do the right thing? Does that make a difference ethically? Throughout the week, I will bring in further questions. Be sure to read the lecture and the international ethics article stated in your reading for the week as well. | Collapse All | Show Options | sort by: response | author | date | read | unread ------------------------------------------------- Top of FormBottom of Form | | Responses | Author | Date & Time | | Dwight Elliott | 9 Apr 11 10:37 PM MST | | Professor Introduction: Chapter 1: Introduction to Law & Legal Reasoning (PLEASE READ) The first section in Unit 1...
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...Legal Studies Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 07 - 25 E-marriage: Breaking the Marriage Monopoly Adam Candeub Mae Kuykendall This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1491704 Candeub-Kuykendall: Draft. Do Not Cite or Quote Without Permission E-MARRIAGE: BREAKING THE MARRIAGE MONOPOLY Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall ∗ ABSTRACT: This Article advocates updating the law governing marriage formation to recognize the shift in social interactions from real to virtual life. We argue that couples can use internet communications not only to marry when separated by great distance but also to choose which state’s laws will authorize their marriage. In particular, same sex couples could marry under the laws of a state that permit such unions, regardless of where they exchange vows. States inadvertently have created geographic monopolies, requiring each marriage receiving the benefits of their licensing laws to be performed within their borders. This Article’s model builds upon established precedents, such as proxy marriage and choice of law for multijurisdictional and internet contracts. Using the power of internet communications, our proposal allows states to compete over marriage’s procedures and substance. Depending on a couple’s preferences for “e-ritual” and a state’s desired level of regulatory control, couples could consume the trappings of a traditional ceremony...
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...Irvine Welsh Trainspotting IRVINE WELSH works, rests and raves in Edinburgh. He has had a variety of occupations too numerous and too tedious to recount. Trainspotting was his first novel and he has also published a collection of short stories, a novella entitled The Acid House and a second novel, Marabou Stork Nightmares. IRVINE WELSH TRAINSPOTTING Minerva Thanks to the following: Lesley Bryce, David Crystal, Margaret Fulton–Cook, janice Galloway, Dave Harrold, Duncan McLean, Kenny McMillan, Sandy Macnair, David Millar, Robin Robertson, Julie Smith, Angela Sullivan, Dave Todd, Hamish Whyte, Kevin Williamson. Versions of the following stories have appeared in other publications: 'The First Day Of The Edinburgh Festival' in Scream If You Want To Go Faster: New Writing Scotland 9 (ASLS), 'Traditional Sunday Breakfast'in DOG (Dec, 1991), 'It Goes Without Saying' in West Coast Magazine No. 11, 'Trainspotting at Leith Central Station' in A Parcel of Rogues (Clocktower Press), 'Grieving and Mourning In Port Sunshine' in Rebel Inc No. 1 and 'Her Man, The Elusive Mr Hunt' and 'Winter In West Granton' in Past Tense (Clocktower Press). The second part of 'Memories of Matty' also appeared in the aforementioned Clocktower Press publication as 'After The Burning'. Contents KICKING – – * THE SKAG BOYS, JEAN–CLAUDE VAN DAMME AND MOTHER SUPERIOR; JUNK DILEMMAS NO. 63; THE FIRST DAY OF THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL; IN OVERDRIVE; GROWING UP IN PUBLIC; VICTORY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY; IT GOES WITHOUT...
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