Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Hector Sierra University of Phoenix Law 531 Businesses deal with tort liability and management in the day to day operations. Minimizing tort liability is a key factor in operating a successful business. Alumina Inc., has developed a plan to prevent, identify and implement corrective measures for handling tort liabilities. Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Alumina Inc. is a $4bn U.S. based international aluminum company with
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Business activities and the legal environment 2. Sources of American law 1) Primary sources of law * Constitutional law (The U.S. Constitution, state constitutions) * Statutory law ( federal statutes, state statutes, ordinances; uniform laws) * Administrative law (administrative agencies: federal, state, local) * Case law 2) Secondary sources of law * Books , articles 3. The common law tradition 1) Stare decisis * Two aspects * Controlling precedents
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Tort Reform All humans on this earth, whether they live in a crowded city, a sparsely populated farming community, a developed or developing nation or a small tribe in the rainforests of the Amazon, have some way by which their civilization is led and regulated for the safety and comfort of its inhabitants. People living together in near proximity need some sort of social control to regulate conduct and relations be it by laws or morals or both. Ivan Nuy, an author who developed the Social Control
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Synopsis of Tort Cases Team C will analyze the synopsis of four scenarios. The team will identify tort actions, potential plaintiffs, potential defendants, and which elements of the tort claim constitutes the plaintiffs claim. Team C will also identify any defenses the defendant may use in each scenario. Each synopsis is evaluated on how the claim will be resolved with team C stating legal reasons for the resolution. Football Game Scenario A potential lawsuit is torts of past and future
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Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Clean hands doctrine a rule of law that a person coming to court with a lawsuit or petition for a court order must be free from unfair conduct (have "clean hands" or not have done anything wrong) in regard to the subject matter of his/her claim. Common law is based on precedent (legal principles developed in earlier case law) instead of statutory laws. It is the traditional law of an area or
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answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc., Advertisement Has WIRETIME, Inc., committed any torts? If so, explain. WIRETIME Inc has committed a Tort against BUGusa, assuming there is not data to support its claim. In the example given WIRETIME, Inc published in a magazine seemingly false claim about product quality and reliability. This advertising action qualifies as Defamation if BUGusa can prove loss of business and revenue over the comments. According to The Legal Environment of
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dissimilarities of liability in tort and contractual liability along with elaborating the essence of liability in negligence and vicarious liability with the aim at depicting their applications in business contexts and daily situations. Besides, the study pursues litigations and statutes in the United Kingdom, the United State and Vietnam from the late seventeenth century until now. PART 1 THE PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS 3.1 Contrast between liability in tort and contractual liability
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the values and beliefs of a society or its ruling group. 2. Primary sources of the Law include: The U.s. Constitution of the various states. Statues, or laws, passed by Congress and by state legislatures. Regulations created by administrative agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Case law (court decisions) 3. Common Law: the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S. courts, not attributable
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1.1 Introduction: The peculiar feature that tort occupies in private international law is that if the tortious act has been committed entirely locally, then lex loci delicti governs it, irrespective of the fact that whether it has or has not some foreign element, such as, both or one of the parties is domiciled or resident abroad or national of another country. The foreign law is applicable only in some very exceptional situations. Torts in Common Law countries mean civil wrongs to a person, to property
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Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Ltd. INTRODUCTION Companies are formed to create a legal identity separate from the individuals who make up the membership of the company. A company is the predominant form of legal entity for conducting business in Ireland today. There are different types of company including private companies limited by shares, public limited companies, single member companies, unlimited companies, companies limited by guarantee having a share capital and companies limited by guarantee
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