JPMorgan Chase LEG100 Professor Cheri Reiser 03/04/2013 Discuss how administrative agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) take action in order to be effective in preventing high-risk gambles in securities / banking, a foundation of the economy. In the summer of 2012, JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, announced trading losses from investment decisions made by its Chief Investment Office (CIO) of $5.8 billion
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8 Privilege 8 Absolute Privilege 8 Qualified Privilege 8 Honest Opinion / Fair Comment 9 Apology 9 Offer to make amends 9 Consent 9 Fair and reasonable publication on the matter of public interest 9 Question 1 Under the tort of negligence there are a number of factors that must exist in order to establish negligence. Firstly, there must be a duty of care to protect others against reasonable foreseeable harm or loss. Secondly, there must be a breach of that duty. Thirdly
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helped me with the actual contracts and scenarios of the business. I would also like to thank my respective course teacher Md. Ashiqur Rahman Bhuiyan for his exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the whole semester. Lastly I would like thank my respective parents, siblings, friends and colleagues to support and helped me to successfully complete full assignment . Table of Contents Contents TORT: 3 Intentional Tort: 3 Strict Liability: 3 Negligence: 4
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Negligent Tort Paper: Black Diamond Climbing Ascenders Recall The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been given the power to seek court injunctions against companies to keep unsafe products from being marketed and to urge companies to remove hazardous products (Pittle, 1976). To avoid negligent torts many companies will do recalls of bad products to remedy whatever the problem may be. Xia Liu, Yong & Ting (2016) states a product recall consists of a replacing or compensating consumers
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Traditional Litigation: Encountering Risks and Reducing Exposure When dealing with traditional litigation, a business or organization will risk scrutiny of the company’s image or brand, and clearly suffers monetary costs, which can affect the entity’s bottom line. Reflecting on the traditional litigation system, dependent on the type of trial, for example, a civil trial, the burden of proof is rested upon the plaintiff. The plaintiff must present truthful evidence or proof to a judge or jury against
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LAW OF TORTS Research Project: NEGLIGENCE AND PRESENT LEGAL SCENARIO Submitted By Shivanshu Sharma 14010224128 Division A Batch 2014-2019 Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA Symbiosis International University, PUNE In September, 2014 Under the guidance of DR. C.J RAWANDALE Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA Symbiosis International University, PUNE In September, 2014 CERTIFICATE The Project entitled “NEGLIGENCE AND PRESENT LEGAL SCENARIO” submitted to the Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA for Ethics
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Scenario: BUGusa, Inc. (Sally) Sally may have a successful case against BUGusa, Inc., for what torts? Explain your answer. Issue Was Sally injured by her employer due to a Negligence Tort? Was Sally injured by BUGusa due to the defective product under the Strict Liability Tort? Rule Negligence Tort (NT) is an accidental (without willful intent) event that caused harm to another party. Strict Liability Tort (SLT) is where a tortfeasor may be held liable for an act regardless of intent or willfulness
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only be answered by collecting and analyzing all the pertinent facts. Once completed, the employer can determine the type(s) of applicable torts associated with the complaint, degree of liability (civil or criminal) involved, and procedures required to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of all interested parties. Employer Obligations The given scenario provides insignificant details as to the extent of the employer’s knowledge of the employee’s background, work history, criminal record
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1. Respond either yes or no the case problem, and state the legal principles or rule of law that supports your answer. Under intentional tort law, Heather Gamble, would have to prove: A) An act by the defendant (Sherry Thorton, employee of Dollar General). B) An intention to cause to consequences of the act. The intention is the moment when Sherry Thorton grabbed at Gamble’s panties. Sherry Thorton had the knowledge that her action can cause harm. C) Causation-the injury was caused by the defendant’s
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employer's liability for the actions of its employee in a tort action, plaintiff must prove that an Employee/Employer relationship actually existed and, that the tortious conduct of the employee occurred within the "scope of his employment." The respondent superior also states that restatement sets forth various factors to determine whether unauthorized conduct is similar to or incidental to the conduct that caused the incident. In this particular scenario, the employer's best defense is that the employee's
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