Property Crimes

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    Summary: The Takings Clause

    Clause is an enumerated power designed to restrict Congress from seizing private property for public use, without just compensation. The farmers sought to protect private property, especially since many of the farmers owned a huge amount of property. The protection of property rights was implemented when drafting the Constitution, the founding fathers wanted to limit the Legislative Branch power to seizure private property. As the years race by, ideas and opinions change and shift into a different direction

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    Tax Case Study

    provides that gain or loss is not recognized upon the transfer of property to a corporation solely in exchange for stock,however if taxpayer receives property other than stock (i.e. cash or boot) from corp,realized gain is recognized. For transactions to qualify as non taxable under sec 351,the property transferor must be in control of the corp immediately after the exchange.Control means that the person or persons transferring property must have at least an 80% stock ownership in the corp. Joe

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    Memorandum

    MEMORANDUM To: Galadriel and John, owner of Marietta Horse Supplies From: Subject: Potential Liability for Accumulated Earnings Tax, and Level of Salaries FACTS Galadriel and John, under you, are owners of Marietta Horse Supplies, C Corp. The company has garnered enough earnings enabling the owners to pay reasonable salaries, although research revealed that the salary level is about one-half or two-thirds of salaries paid by other horse supply businesses with similar size. Owners

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    Interactive Digitized Media

    theme songs, to educational products such as interactive encyclopedias” (114). With such a vast array of multimedia products and their producer’s intent to multi-purpose each venue for optimal revenue, legal issues loom ever larger over intellectual property (IP) rights and copyrighted material ownership. Peach discusses several legal matters affecting the production of multimedia use, including ethics considerations and blatant unauthorized usage. Anytime a multimedia producer incorporates unauthorized

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    Corn

    In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. The principles which regulate rent are briefly stated in the following pages, and differ in a very slight degree from those which have been so fully and so ably developed by Mr Malthus in his late excellent publication, to which I am very much indebted. The consideration

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    Recon Brief

    lieu of a more formal brief in support of my Motion for Reconsideration. PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND STATEMENT OF FACT The Garfield City Council adopted Ordinance 2382 in 2003 which was an acceptance of a copyrighted document called the International Property Maintenance Code(IPMC). They cited a few changes to the text of the code and noted them in the ordinance. Everything else is exactly as it appears in the IPMC. If a resident is charged with a violation of the Garfield codes, they may look up the

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    Case 1-2

    Autonomy Rights In this case, Helen Kanell obtained a copy of the final exam from her best friend, who took and copied it from professor’s personal mailbox without permit. So, What Helen’s best friend did threatens the professor’s rights to property and privacy. If Helen got an A in this exam using the “inside information”, for the others including professor fellow classmates and members of Beta Alpha Psi, their right to truth is violated. Teachers should promise a fair exam in order to build

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    Belaw

    The primary focus of lawsuits, such as that brought on behalf of WTC workers, and compensation schemes such as workers’ compensation is on paying those who have injured or made ill. The OSH Act created a general duty on the part of every covered employer to maintain a work environment free from “recognized hazards causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employee.” It also created a federal agency, the Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA), empowered to oversee

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    Restructuring Debt Part 2

    most basic sense, “adverse possession” is a legal doctrine that allows a person to acquire legal ownership of property that he treats as his own, if he does so for a long enough period of time, even though the property is not his own. In other words, a person who uses another person’s property, without permission, for a long enough period of time, can acquire legal ownership of that property. What elements need to be proven? 1. The statutory period of time of possession. In most states, this

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    Purchasing a House Risk Paper

    Running head: PURCHASING A HOUSE RISK PAPER Purchasing a House Risk Paper Keller Graduate School of Management Project Risk Management PROJ 595 Dr. Susan Orr August 04, 2013 Purchasing a House Risk Paper INTRODUCTION The many advantages to owning a home have been well publicized. However, the above satistics make it clear that owning a home is not without risk. To form a complete picture, you, the prospective buyer, need to consider the potential risks and disadvantages of home ownership

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