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CLEP Introductory Business Law
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1. This when the evidence favoring the plaintiff's allegations is stronger than the evidence presented against her position. In a civil case - the jury must decide that the plaintiff proved her case by 'preponderance of evidence'.
Misappropriation theory
Delegation
Performance
Preponderance of evidence
2. Securities issued by the federal government - state governments - or any of their subdivision; securities issued by a charitable organization; issued by banks or saving or loan institutions - issued by a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy;. issued wit
Exempt securities and transactions
Revocation
Vesting of beneficiary's rights
Petit jury
3. When a product is incorrectly manufactured that is unreasonably dangerous to consumers. To prove that 'unreasonably dangerous' - the show that an ordinary consumer would see it that way (consumer expectation test).
Oral argument
Environmental Protection Agency
Manufacturing defect
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
4. Punitive damage - non-economic damages - and attorneys' fees
Defenses against liability of misrepresentations or omissions
Incidental beneficiary
Non-recoverable damages
Unilateral mistake
5. Government's 'time - place - and manner' restrictions of content are subject to intermediate scrutiny.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Counterclaims
Content-neutral restrictions
Securities and Exchange Commission
6. A misrepresentation made with knowledge of its inaccuracy
Accredited investor
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Any statutory seller
Scienter
7. Every company that issues shares to the public consistent with the Securities Act - every company with securities registered on a national securities exchange - every company with assets in excess of $5 million and at least 500 shareholders - and eve
Grand jury
Companies that are subject to the exchange act (Reporting companies)
Limited jurisdiction
Substantive unconscionability
8. A motion claiming that the plaintiff has not established enough evidence to prove her case. The motion can be made by the defendant when the plaintiff has finished completed presenting the case.
Expertised portion
Security agreement
Motion of directed verdict or of dismissal
Assignor
9. They are the 'Federal Rules' that govern the procedures for filing a civil suit in federal cort. The states have adopted their own rules of procedures - but they generally are parallel to the federal rules.
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
Total breach
Federal Rules of Civil Procedures
Expertised portion
10. When a person misappropriates information learned in the context of a fiduciary relationship or a relationship of special trust. It is considered as insider trading
Misappropriation theory
Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Affirmative defenses
11. (A part of Homeland Security since 2003) Responsible for preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the US.
Joint obligation
Chapter 13 of the Code
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Rule 504 of Regulation D of the Securities Act
12. Regulates the handling of the pesticides being exported from and imported into the U.S.
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act
Expectation damages (also known as the 'benefit of the bargain')
Shareholder primacy
13. The defendant intended the product to cause harm or know that it was likely to occur. The defendant's conduct fell below the appropriate standard of care. Qualifies as negligence - because the defendant is a supplier because he has a duty. The defend
Toxic Substances Control Act
Restitution and rescission
Liability based on intentional tort
Negative causation
14. Applies to all employers who engage in interstate commerce. It authorizes the Secretary of Labor to create health and safety standards
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Charitable contributions
Strict liability
Prospectus
15. It is a transaction pursuant to which one party transfers her rights under a contract to another. The Restatement defines an assignment as the 'manifestation of an intention to transfer a right to a third person.'
Demand assurance
Scienter
Assignment of rights
Proxy
16. In some contracts - the parties will stipulate the amount of damages to be awarded upon a breach. The courts will award such amount if the damages were difficult to determine at the time the contract was written - the stipulated amount is a reason fo
The Council on Environmental Quality
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Liquidated damages clause
Complete or total integration
17. Congress may prohibit speech that has a 'clear and present' danger of inciting violence or other 'substantive evil'.
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18. Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court - ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in a lawsuit. Civil liability is not the same as criminal liability - which means 'open to punishment for a crime.'
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
Superfund
Contract
Civil liability
19. A division of the FTC that seeks to educate consumers regarding their rights and assist the FTC with the enforcement of consumer protection laws.
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Employment law
Trust
Securities Act Registration
20. 1) By lapse of time: When an 'invitation to make an offer' is made but not accepted - the offer will terminate once a reasonable period of time has passed (whether agreed upon time or not) 2) Death of the offeror 3) If the offeror proves to be mental
Affirmative defenses
Plaintiff
Termination of an invitation to make an offer
Procedural unconscionability
21. An anti-discrimination law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race - color - religion - sex - and national origin. This prohibits discrimination in hiring - firing - recruiting - and compensation. Prohibit sexual harassment or requesti
Illusory promise
Retraction
Vertical agreements
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
22. Prohibits differences in wages based on the gender of men and women who perform substantially same work.
Chapter 13 of the Code
Federal Information Act
Informed consent
Equal Pay Act (EPA)
23. This term refers to the notion that the person who brings suit must have a legally recognized injury (injury-in-fact).
Standing
10-K
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Demand assurance
24. In an effort to create harmony between state laws - a group of experts create a set of laws which each state chooses to follow in whole or in part. (Ex. Uniform Commercial Code)
Illusory promise
Legal detriment
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Uniform Laws
25. Requires agencies to provide citizens with information they request - unless the information falls within certain exempted categories (national defense or trade secrets).
Federal Information Act
Substitutes of consideration
Non-recoverable damages
Foreclosure
26. Duties that involve some personal service or skill or that would materially change the obligor's expectancy under the contract may not be delegated without the obligee's consent. When a contract prohibit assignment - then it also cannot be delegated.
Duties that cannot be delegated
10-K
Taking a contract 'out of the Statute of Frauds'
Uniform Commercial Code ('UCC')
27. A promise that is inferred from a person's conduct or the circumstances of the transaction
Implied contract
Assignee's rights
Rules of interpretation of a contract by a court
Securities Act Registration
28. A situation in which replacement or completion costs are significantly disproportionate to the actual harm caused by the breach
Superfund
Economic waste
Price fixing
The Statute of Frauds
29. The debtor's right to recover his property by paying the full amount of the debt - as well as any costs incurred by the creditor
Common Law
Levels of courts
Equity of redemption
Concurrent conflict of interests
30. When a contract is presented on a 'take it or leave it' basis - leaving no room for bargaining. The courts qualifies this as procedural unconscionability - making the contract voidable
Trademark
Civil liability
Offer
Adhesion
31. The other party to the contract with the oblige - and who is signaling her obligation to the assignee.
Defendant
Duties that cannot be delegated
Obligor
Criminal Law
32. When both parties agree to rescind the contract
Market division
Mutual rescission
Liquidated damages clause
Domicile
33. Agreements to refrain from doing business with a particular person/persons/entity in order to force such a person/entity to pay higher prices (a horizontal agreement)
Group boycotts
National Treatment
Section 12 (a)(1) of the Securities Act
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
34. These are approximate damages to show the necessary amount to compensate the party if the breach had not occurred and the contract has been fully performed. Expectation damages are comprise of direct and consequential damages.
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35. Negotiations between employers and groups of employees to create a collective agreement regarding employment compensation and other benefits.
Employment discrimination
Option contract
Subject matter jurisdiction
Collective bargaining
36. The federal law that governs bankruptcy proceedings - which occur in federal bankruptcy court. A petition must be filed in the court. Bankruptcy helps eliminate or reduce debts. Once a bankruptcy proceeding is initiated - a creditor may not seek to c
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37. If a performance has already occurred - or a promise has already been made - then it generally cannot serve as the basis for consideration because it cannot be considered to have induced a bargain. Therefore - 'past consideration' is insufficient.
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38. The person to extends credit or a loan - and hence the person to whom a debt is owed
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Res judicata
Exclusive distributor agreements
Creditor
39. He can raise any defense against the assignee that she would have been able to raise against the assignor. This is the right to offset the assignee's claim - and thus the assignee cannot be held directly liable to the assignor for the improper action
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40. Hindrance (a party prevents a condition from occurring) - a party's material breach - a party's anticipatory repudiation - a party's substantial performance - and an agreed upon waiver.
Quasi-contract
Excuse of condition
Employment discrimination
Utilitarianism
41. Seeks to promote market economics and democratic governments
Informed consent
Uniform Laws
Implied contracts
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
42. It literally means 'new'. Here it means an entirely new interpretation of legal rules - without deference to the lower court's judgment.
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43. Regulates stock exchanges - the over-counter market - and individuals who assist investors with trading activities.
The Family and Medical Leave Act
Section 4 of the Securities Act
Inadequate warning defect`
Exchange Act Regulations
44. Twelve members of jury that hear the evidence at the trial court. The Judge rules on the evidence and guides the jury on questions of law and proper rules of procedure.
Creditor beneficiary
Petit jury
Misstatement or omission
Option contract
45. (1948) The first international agreement on trading rules and standards. The rules help guide the WTO on how to create trade agreements...
Revocability
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades
Tender offers
Chapter 7 of the Code
46. Prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy or childbirth
Appellate jurisdiction
Pregnancy Discrimination ACt
Mortgage
Occupational Safety and Health Act
47. Employers make payments to retired employees based on the length of their employment and the wages they received.
Injury-in-fact
Defined benefit plans
The Environmental Quality Report
Workers compensation laws
48. Regulates exports - including implementing export controls - which restrict the exportation of certain goods based on national security and other concerns.
Automatic stay
Direct damages
Export Administration Act (EAA)
Joint obligation
49. When an offeror terminates his offer before an agreement has been made (can be done through words). It can also be revoked when the offeror takes actions that are inconsistent with the intent to be bound (unless the offeree has paid to keep the offer
Revocation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Quasi-contract
Effect of delegation
50. The UCC defines 'goods' as all things that tare movable at the time of the contract. Article 2 of the says that the UCC governs all transactions for the sale of goods.
Offer
Res ipsa loquitor
Contract law
Goods
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