Wk 6 Memo: “a brief, informative document used to communicate within an office, such as between attorneys on the same side of a case.” Legal Writing: How to Write Legal Briefs, Memos, and Other Legal Documents in a Clear and Concise Style. Ed Amanda Martinsek (2009) NY: Kaplan Publishing An analysis of the law. The goal is to explain to the reader what the law says/requires in a particular area. “A memorandum might be written, for example, after a client has asked whether a
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Cardiac Death VS Brain Death Brain death indicates that a person is dead, not because unconsciousness is attributable to the brain, but because the brain function is a necessary prerequisite to maintaining the vital function of the organism. The perception of the onset of death in the case of brain death is different to that in the case of cardiac death, when the body changes almost instantly to the state associated with dead people: breathing stops, the body cools off and the color of the skin
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Ethics My field of study is business administration with a concentration in marketing. I have been a licensed insurance professional for 30 years, both inside and outside sales. Ethical issues arise in virtually every aspect of selling. But for many salespeople and customers alike, there seems to be an agreement not to refer to ethical issues unless it becomes absolutely impossible. I often find amongst my peers, the reluctance to discuss ethical issues because of the fear someone would assume
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certification, I have experience as a holistic orientated fee-only financial planner along with personal investment experience in both conventional and alternative asset classes. As Garrett members are, I also am a firm believer in adhering to a financial fiduciary standard. What I can offer can potentially serve three different types of advisors: 1. Those that consider their practice to be "full", but are open to further expansion for specific potential client types. 2. Advisors whose practice has expanded
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTRODUCTION Why merge? Why sell? A division of a company might no longer fit into larger corp’s plans, so corp sells division Infighting between owners of corp. Sell and split proceeds Incompetent management or ownership Need money Business is declining (e.g. a buggywhip company) Industry-specific conditions Economies of scale BASIC DEFINITIONS: MERGER: Owners of separate, roughly equal sized firms pool their interests in a single firm. Surviving
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Gus Weekley responses: Good start but be sure to use legal terms na definitions in your responses to support your broader statements. Law will take a bit of time to get used to reading, but stick with it. Law is like long division show every step of your work. There is more to the case and analysis then you have provided. Please do a more indepth analysis of the topic using specifics, legal terms and definitions. You provided a good review of the case, but what were some of the specific
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of non-public information, where the information either was disclosed to the non-insider in violation of an insider’s duty to keep it confidential or was misappropriated * Communicating material non-public information to others in breach of a fiduciary duty. SEC Rule 10b-5 is an antifraud provision that covers anyone having inside information. In the example above,
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September 23, 2012 Audit Firms’ Work Deemed Deficient September 17, 2012 Siyuan Zhu I. Summary of the Story with Key points clearly identified Recently, regulators discover that big audit firms’ work has a substantial amount of serious deficiencies. Although the PCAOB conducts inspections of the big firms concentrate on problems at highest risk every year, it states that the report may not be truly reveal how frequently a firm’s overall audit work is deficient. Thus more work need to be
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Satyam Computers Limited-A case of corporate fraud. Overview: Satyam Computer Services (an IT company) is considered India’s Enron. The company CEO Mr. Raju was the main person involved. In the end, he admitted to faking company profit for numerous years and was arrested for 1.47 billion dollars in fraud. Fraudulent acts: Mr. Raju worked with the internal auditors to come up with ways to create non-existent profits and eliminate debt. For instance, he had fake bank accounts on paper
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automatic, while for others, the offer of subagency is optional and requires an affirmative act by the listing broker. If the principal (seller) specifically authorizes his/her broker to appoint a subagent and thus establishes a new contractual and fiduciary[->6] relationship, the subagent represents the principal in the same manner as the listing broker ▪ Limited partners[->7] are usually passive investors that share in the profits, but do not actively participate in its management or operation.
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