the process of taking legal action/ resolving actual disputes
Definition 6 of 679
Lawsuits permitting a small number of people to sue on behalf of all other people similarly
situated.
examples of white collar crime
relating to procedures
What makes a BFOQ legitimate?
class-action suits
,Term 7 of 679
Insider Transactions
- owns more than 10% of any security AND a director/officer of the issuer of the security
- must file a statement of the amount of such issues of which they are owners
-nonprofit corporation exempt from federal income tax
-when a company donates to one of these they can deduct their contribution from their
taces
1. File application
2. Filing fee
3. Explain invention
4. Show difference from prior art
5. Describe patentable aspects
6. Evaluation by the patent examiner
-handwritten terms >> control >> typed terms >> control >> pre-printed terms/forms
-how a court is going to look/review a contract
Definition 8 of 679
a person who brings a civil case against another in a court of law.
libel
defendant
tort
plaintiff
Term 9 of 679
the press
the level of proof required to convict a person of a crime
the legal right to exclude others from various resources
the only organized private business given explicitly constitutional protection
a civil wrong other than a breach of contract
, Definition 10 of 679
-employee must file charges of illegal discrimination with the EEOC within 180 days after notice of
unlawful practice OR within 300 days if first filed with state
-person must first file with EEOC, if EEOC doesn't take it to court then the individual can exhaust
administrative efforts and then file a lawsuit in court
contract law comes from 2 places
contract law
equal pay act
order of filing charges
Definition 11 of 679
willfully or knowingly
crime -> intent
tort reform
defendant
credit beneficiary
Definition 12 of 679
-actual
-implied
-apparent
limited partnership
types of authority
closing statements
exception for revocation
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