Discussion Question One A few years ago a New Mexico jury awarded Stella Liebeck $2.7 million in punitive damages after she received third degree burns from a cup of McDonald's coffee she spilled in her lap. Do you think it is appropriate to punish corporate wrongdoing by awarding punitive damages in a private lawsuit? Was
What are Eval's best arguments? What are Gotham's best arguments? Doower v. Gotham Eval Doower devises a clever scheme to rip off the Gotham Department Store. During the day, he manages to enter the store's loft and loosen the hatch opening onto the roof. He plans to hide in the men's toilet until the store closes and
I am trying to minimize a case analysis and it's not working - since I'm unable to minimize it due to the amount of information given. I have to discuss the Summary of the Court's Reasoning on this case. This is the information I have for the Case Analysis - I can not complete this withought the Court's Reasoning. Unfortunat
Ralph Emerson thought he'd been a librarian long enough, and when the opportunity to open a small tobacco, pipe, and cigar shop in the newly renovated downtown business district arose, he was ready to act. Pipe Dreams is a franchisor of smoke shops, and was founded eight years ago by a noted tobacconist in New York City. The con
The First Amendment doesn't actually say "freedom of expression." Why would this interpretation be correct? How does that interpretation come to be the accepted one?
Hello I have used BrainMass before for Mathemetics and it has been great. I have a business law exam coming up soon. My professor gave us practice questions for the exam and I need them answered. If this assignment please answer all of the questions in the JPG. Attachments. (See attached files for full problem descrip
A manufacturing company is negotiating a contract with its employees. The probability that the union will go on strike is 5%. If the union goes on strike, the company estimates that it loose $345,000.00 for the year. If the union does not go on strike, the company estimates it will make $1.2 million dollars. Find the companies
1. Discovery is part of: A. Substantive Law B. General Law C. Motion Practice D. Procedural Law 2 "res ipsa loquitor" means" A. The thing speaks for itself. B. Assumption of risk. C. Reasonable person D. Location of the tort. 3. Bankruptcy matters a
Holmes states that everybody has a different justice concept based on their viewpoint, experience and social affiliation. Justice is seen as an effort to do what is "right". Since people are coming from a variety of backgrounds, their personal judgments and criterions will also vary. So we cannot be able to narrow or classify a
According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, "We practice law, not justice. There is no such thin as objective justice which is a subjective matter. A man might feel justified in stealing a loaf of bread to fill his belly; the baker might think it most just for the thief's hands to be cut off, as in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Acco
I'm looking for help with the question below: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was designed to protect workers with disabilities against employer discrimination. In actual practice, how well does the Act achieve this goal? Explain. Support your answer with examples from recent court decisions.
1. What are the employee workplace rights mandated by U.S. Federal law? 2. Briefly discuss at least two controversial issues concerning workplace rights (other than monitoring email). 3. In addition, discuss the issue of workplace privacy. Specifically, do employees have the right to expect privacy in their email conversatio
I need help with answering the following questions: 1. How do courts decide who is an employee and who is an independent contractor? 2. What are the possible legitimate reasons for which an employee can challenge a wrongful termination? 3. In what situations does a terminated employee have no recourse?
Following transactions occurred during 2005 a) Acquired machine with cost of $225,000 by issuing shares of common stock b) Bonds, with $500,000 of face value and 10 years till maturity, were issued at a $35,000 premium c) Collected $175,000 on acct d) Declared $65,000 of dividends. Pd $50,000 declared in 2005 plus another
What industries and professions must adhere to standards? Why and how?
In debating the following, please make sure to cite any sources used and where they are used. 1. "How" you arrived at your answer(s) 2. "What" facts and sources you reviewed and considered 3. "Why" your response is the best one from all the alternatives __________________________________________________________________
See the attached file. Consider the following five problems: a. Problem 10.31 b. Problem 10.38 c. Problem 10.6 d. Problem 25.4 e. Problem 10.32 Select any three and solve them. In addition to solving these problems, explain the financial impact of the solution or explain how a financial m
Scenario: Congratulations! You have just been hired by Diversified Worldwide Industries (DWI), Inc., as the Vice President of Risk Management. DWI is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, and has over 150 offices in 30 countries. DWI is incorporated in the State of Delaware; its ships are flagged by Liberia and the Bahamas
Problem solving question on corporation law Transparent Corporate Governance Pty Co Ltd (TCG), a consulting ,has a board which includes C and D. The company has deleted Replacement Rule s.194,following some earlier turbulence. At the initiation of board members C and D ,on the incorporation of TCG ,the company had purcha
Attached is some work i have done for the topic of Liability to Third Party. I need help in answering some questions below. 4. Appropriate management response to the situation to limit legal liability. 5. Preventative measures that management can take to limit liability in the future. Explain the action that management ca
The Telecommunications Group of DWI owns and Operates several local telephone companies. One service that DWI provides to its commercial customers is the use of "900 numbers" by which third-parties (clients of DWI customers) receive products & services. Billing for these products and services is delineated as charges owed to DWI
A large company (XYZ) owns a local telephone service. XYZ company allows the telephone service company to run 900 numbers for dating services, chat lines, and psychic hot lines. These charges often blend into the small print on the bill and are shown as charges from the XYZ company instead of the dating service, chat line, etc.
Two passengers (husband and wife), from the United States, were on a cruise ship that was flying the flag of Liberia. During the cruise they surprised two employees of robbing their room. During the scuffle, the husband had a heart attack and died. The spouse wants to sue the owner of the ship, since the robbers were identified
4. Appropriate management response to the situation to limit legal liability. and 6. Explain the action that management can take to apply the liability limiting rules to the situation. ---------------------- Workplace Application Report 1. Topic / Legal Issue: Topic: Environmental Law Issue: One of Disn
MBI's branch in country G is TransShip, Ltd., a shipping company. Its manager signed a contract with Erecto to the A.P.O. (Army Purchasing Organization) in Country I. TransShip is not to make delivery until the A.P.O. deposits the purchase price into an account in JumboBank in Country J and this fact is communicated to TransShip
What exactly is the Corn Law? Why did the Protectionist want the Corn Law and why did the Free trade dislike the Corn law?
Why was it a good idea for Robert Peel to repeal the Corn Law? Would his decision be viewed iin later years as a stroke of genius or an error in judgment.
Hello, Attach is my work for mistakes for Disney. I need some comments and advise for question 5 and also double check my work for number 4. 5. Explain the action that management can take to apply the liability limiting rules to the situation. Also, please check if number 4 looks good. "appropraite management response
Hello, please help answer the problem below: problem #5. Explain the action that management can take to apply the liability limiting rules to the situation. Also, if it is possible to quickly check work and see if i answered correctly.Workplace Application Report Format 1. Module 3 Topic / Legal Issue: Topic: Contr
After more than 10 years of proposals, revisions and re-revisions, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) at long last voted to adopt the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) on July 29. Like its better-known cousin, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), this act is intended to prom