Non-Fiction RLCT- Task 1 John McKay published an article in The Seattle Times titled: “Marijuana’s true potency and why the law should change.” In the first few paragraphs of the article you can clearly understand the author’s standpoint regarding the aspects of the consequences of allowing an illegal narcotic in to the mainstream public. As McKay blatantly stated in his article, “I DON’T smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots“, there is no question as to what the intent
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Danle Corporation (Danle), a public company, conducts business activities primarily related to the design, development, manufacture, and assembly of passenger cars, recreational and sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and trucks. Danle used asbestos in the manufacturing of brake shoes and gaskets because of its heat resistance. During the past three years, two claims were filed against Danle by automotive mechanics and surviving family members seeking recovery because of their alleged exposure
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ASSIGNMENT 1 EMPLOYMENT AT WILL DOCTRINE ROBERT COLEMAN LEG 500 LAW AND ETHICS IN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PROFESSOR TERESA SMALLWOOD J.D., MDiv. April 21, 2012 It has been brought to my attention that our recent hire Jennifer has been having a number of issues during her employment. I am going to have to review a number of things to determine what we are going to do about the situation. The first issue at hand is the lack of competence and skills that she is showing when it comes to her
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was to determine if the plaintiff, David Dunlap Dunlap, had met the burden of proof that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by intentionally discriminating against him under both disparate impact and disparate treatment analyses and whether the TVA appeal to the District Court erred in each of these analyses could be legally supported to reverse their decision FindLaw, 2011). David Dunlap
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Childs Internet and Electronic Communication Acts Technology and new forms of communication has continued to evolve and improved our everyday lives. With the advancement of new technology, new laws are evolved to protect those who use it and prosecute to those who abuse it. In this paper, I will be discussing the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) as well as the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA). I will state the legal facts of these two topics as well as discuss the ethics that
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punish Ford for its actions and to deter other companies from ignoring safety in favour of the bottom line. The decision to award the enormous damages is not without controversy, however. The damages awarded were for personal injuries, a tort case. Tort law is justified by what Aristotle calls corrective justice (Weinrib 74). According to Aristotle, when tort damages are awarded the purpose is to restore the balance of things to the state it was before the tort occurred (Aristotle 127). Cases of corrective
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considered to be what the recipient deserved. The next question is who gets to decide what is deserved. Should this be decided by a jury of your peers a judge or just a cosmic display of power? We have laws and procedures to ensure that our criminals get what they deserved defined by our laws. We ourselves are only human though and when does it become our place to decide what consequence is deserving of what act. The legal system is not perfect and can be manipulated and is flawed. Our legal system
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The term “scope of practice” is defined as the actions, procedures, etc. that are permitted by law for specific professions. It is restricted to what the law permits based on specific experience and educational qualifications. In order to determine a task is within your scope of practice you need to follow three specific steps like define the issue, review laws, rules, standards etc and make the decision. When we get a task to do we must clarify the specific activity and we need to obtain additional
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the new statute. In a way, this law discriminates against out of state commerce, making every truck passing through the town to purchase an specific type of hitch for the safety of the roads. The state is trying to monopolize the item manufactured in the same given state. The State of Confusion is recommending the use of B-type truck hitch by all the trucks and towing trailers that move on the highways, making this a national matter. Even when there is no law put in place by the federal government
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exclusively with labor issues, negotiations, taxes, contracts, litigation or general corporate law, to mention a few. Retaining one skilled attorney able to navigate the entire scope of Kudler’s needs is unlikely and therefore Kudler will need to retain a corporate law firm to represent all of its interests. According to Kudler Fine Foods (2011) website, Kudler currently uses Anne Shousha, Kathy Kudler’s sister-in-law, as its legal counsel. Anne is reportedly a successful tax attorney employed by an accounting
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