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    Bus Law

    Business Law II Case Brief Citation In re Estate of Piper Missouri Court of Appeals (1984) 676 S.W.2d 897 FACTS: Gladys Piper died without a will. For several years before Piper’s death, Clara Kauffman had taken Piper to the doctor, beauty salon, and the grocery store; written her checks to pay her bills; and helped her care for her home. At the time Piper had passed, she had $206.75 in cash, and the “Andy Piper” diamond rings in her purse. She also owned personal property amounting

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    Courtroom Participants’ Professional Standards

    some participant that are in misconduct, which can have a serious consequence. Courtroom misconduct can go any where from making improper remarks or improperly introducing evidence designed to prejudice the jury. Prosecutorial misconduct violates court rules or ethical standards of law practice. Hiding, destroying or tampering with evidence, can also have serious consequence, which is taken very seriously in the courtrooms. If the prosecutorial fails to disclose evidence that might tend to exonerate

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    Isles Royale

    should never be tried as adults in any court of law. It has been a large and heated debate about if adolescents should be able to be tried as an adult for adult crimes. One side of this argument is that if a teenager commits an adult crime, they should be sentenced reflecting the crime and not the age. Whereas others believe that if a child does not have the same legal rights and responsibilities as adults, they should not be held to adult standards in this case either. In this paper I will explain

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    Judicial Restraint In HEIEN V. NORTH Prison

    I have been given the task of identifying and describing a court case. Along with the identification of a court case, I have also been tasked out to determine if the court case supports judicial activism or judicial restraint. I am going to be providing information on the case that is in regards to HEIEN v. NORTH CAROLINA. On the morning of April 29th, 2009, Sergeant Matt Darisse of the Surry Country Sheriff's Department sat in his patrol car in Dobson, North Carolina. Officer Darisse was observing

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    Questions to Ask a Defedant

    traffic conditions like? 9. Describe what happened just before the collision. 10. What condition was your car in before the collision? 1. Do you have any personal involvement in the case? 2. Have you received any information on this case before this interview? 3. Have you participated in cases like this before? 4. Do you have any issues being under oath? 5. How did you get started in this field, and what do you think has made you successful throughout your career? 6.

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    Alternative Disputes Resolution

    Alternative Dispute Resolution The case of Fulcher vs, 24 Hour Fitness Tinisha Johnson Professor Shannon Allen Law 531 When a business is sued by a current or former employee, customer or other third party that business can either take that case to trial or try to solve the issue by going through an alternative dispute resolution process or ADR. By addressing grievances through ADR a business will be able to solve the matter in a mutual agreeable way that save money and time. Also it

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    Business

    Note: Hadley v. Baxendale is one of the most famous cases in history. Case: Hadley v. Baxendale (1854, ENG) [pp. 206-210] Parties: Plaintiff - Hadley Defendant - Baxendale Facts: The plaintiff, Hadley, operated a mill. The crankshaft of the mill broke, forcing the mill to shut down. Hadley contracted with the defendant, Baxendale, to deliver the crankshaft to engineers for repair by a certain date. Baxendale failed to deliver on the date in question, causing Hadley to lose some

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    Legal Ethics Adversary System

    representing his or her party’s positions and involves a judge or jury, trying to determine the truth of the case. This system is generally adopted in common law countries. The adversary system is the two sided under which criminal trial courts operate that pits the prosecution against the defense. Justice is done when the adversary is able to convince the judge or jury that his or her perspective on the case is correct. In Betts v. State, 225 P.3d 1211 (Kan. Ct. App 2010). Betts was convicted of first degree

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    Employment Law Chapter 3

    following Chapter Questions pg. 95-97 #1,2,3,4,7,8 1. In the Patterson v. Johnson case, the senior executive gave valid proof that the supervisor was in fact discriminating against the senior executive. This is a direct display of adverse employment action. 2.In Allen v. Totes cause an employee who recently gave birth returned to work as usually but would take unplanned breaks to pump milk for her child. This case was a little tricky to me because on one hand it could be considered that pumping

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    Blah Di Bllah

    com/articles/law-office-management-8324.asp#.UXE2aaJ-Zh5 Law Office Management – Melam Ram Pawan Kumar Efficient office management of a lawyer comprises a number of vital functions, including time management, organizing the paperwork and workspace, managing cases of multiple clients simultaneously, and being in control of all activities and responsibilities. A lawyer could be wasting precious time because of misplaced files or documents or missing deadlines or call works or improperly attending the clients

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