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CLEP Introductory Business Law
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1. It focuses on the clean up of abandoned or historical hazardous waste sites - for which it established a 'Superfund'. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) identifies particularly egregious sites and places them on a National Priorities List. The
Social Security Administration
Production quotas
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation - and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Effect of delegation
2. Treaties entered into between two nations
Petit jury
Treaties authority
Bilateral treaties
Criminal Law
3. Laws created by city councils or county boards - aimed at local matters
Ordinances
Excuse of condition
Vertical agreements
Administrative law judges
4. (1948) The first international agreement on trading rules and standards. The rules help guide the WTO on how to create trade agreements...
Any statutory seller
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades
Automatic stay
Tie-in agreement
5. Plans in which employers make contributions to an employee's account and upon retirement - the employee receives benefits from the account.
Defined contribution plan
Breach
Mistake
National Treatment
6. Directors - certain officers - and owners
Assignment of rights
Obligee
Control persons
Motion
7. 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
Negative causation
Unconscionability
Performance
8. The obligation to establish his claims first
Burden of proof
Mental incapacity
Group boycotts
Accord
9. Applies to all employers who engage in interstate commerce. It authorizes the Secretary of Labor to create health and safety standards
Limited jurisdiction
Performance
Chapter 13 of the Code
Occupational Safety and Health Act
10. Represents a motion to dismiss the case because the plaintiff's complaint does not establish a legal basis for any remedy against the defendant. It can be filed by the defendant.
The Social Security Administration
Original jurisdiction
Demurrer
Motion to strike
11. Responsibility of a seller or manufacturer for any defective product unduly threatening personal safety
Expectation damages (also known as the 'benefit of the bargain')
Strict liability
Substitutes of consideration
Mistake
12. The Constitution makes treaties the 'supreme law of the land'
Treaties authority
Bilateral treaties
Termination of an invitation to make an offer
Public company
13. Establishes a minimum wage and policies for overtime and prohibits children under 14 from being hired
Mortgage
Levels of courts
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Res ipsa loquitor
14. A condition that occurs at the same time as performance
Implied contract
Condition concurrent
Unilateral rescission
Defined contribution plan
15. Based on the Fraud on the Market Theory - it is presumed when stocks are traded in an active securities market
Reliance
Unilateral contract
Promisor's rights (in relation to the beneficiary)
Implied contracts
16. Regulates trusts and monopolies
Burden of proof
'Ffour corners'
Accord
Federal Trade Commission
17. Model Business Corporations Act and the Uniform Partnership Act of 1914 - which was superceded by the Uniform Partnership Act of 1984
Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act
Examples of Uniform Laws
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Misappropriation theory
18. It is the power to review decisions of the lower court. It limited to reviewing - affirming - revising - or modifying decisions of the lower court. However - in general - they give deference to the lower court's decision. They only decide to 'reverse
'Mirror image' rule
Appellate jurisdiction
Content-neutral restrictions
Summons
19. Agreements that grant an entity an exclusive right to manufacture a product within a given area. The Clayton Act prohibits such agreements. (vertical agreement)
Suspect classification
Defined contribution plan
Supreme Court powers
Exclusive distributor agreements
20. When the plaintiff's damages were caused by something other than the misrepresentation or omission
Negative causation
Common Law
Securities Act Registration
Pleadings
21. An offer is not viewed as accepted unless the acceptance corresponded exactly with the terms of the offer. Therefore - any response by the offeree that changed the terms of the agreement would be treated as a rejection.
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22. Whether or not the promisee can bring an action against the promisor depends upon the status of the beneficiary. If the promisor fails to perform his obligations owed to a creditor beneficiary - the promisee can either compel the promisor to render s
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23. A distinct mark or symbol that identifies a business and its products
Duress
Obligee
Trademark
Foreclosure
24. Ensures fair disclosure of credit terms - thereby protecting consumers from inaccurate and unfair billing and credit card practices
Adhesion
Termination of an invitation to make an offer
Truth in Lending Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
25. The promisor can raise any defense against the beneficiary that he would have been able to raise against the promisee. The promisor cannot raise a defense against the beneficiary and the promisee.
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26. In order for a court to hear a case - it must have both subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction
Priority of secured transactions
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Tender offers
27. Contracts that are formed for the intended benefit of some third party.
Res ipsa loquitor
Truth in Lending Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Third party beneficiary
28. These people are presumed to be incidental beneficiaries - so that they cannot sue the government. Nevertheless - this presumption is rebutted if (a) the government contract or a state clearly confers a private right of enforcement - or (b) the gover
Suspect classification
Secured transaction
Intended beneficiaries of government contract
Environmental Protection Agency
29. 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)
Total breach
Uniform Laws
National Treatment
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
30. When there is a previous valid contract - agreement by all of the parties to the new contract - an intention to immediately terminate duties under the previous contract - and a new contract that is valid and enforceable.
Implied terms
Employment law
Motion
Novation
31. It is a document containing information that must be delivered to investors prior to their securities' purchase. It is designed to contain all the information that an investor needs to evaluate the security and risk associated with purchasing the sec
Proxy
Parol Evidence Rule
Prospectus
Assignor
32. Is the decision by the jury on whether the defendant shoul dbe held liable for the complaint action
Creditor beneficiary
Verdict
Levels of courts
National Treatment
33. It imposes civil liability for material misrepresentations or omission in the registration statement. Reliance or causation does not need to be proven.
Federal Information Act
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Section 11 of the Securities Act
Demand assurance
34. Torts and contracts... represents law that regulates the relationships between parties.
Offer
A motion of summary judgement
Social entity or stakeholder theory of the corporation
Civil Law
35. Once a beneficiary's rights have vested - she has enforceable claim against the promisee because the promisee's act was gratuitous. The beneficiary's rights arise from the contract between the promisor and the promisee
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36. It is a report prepared by the president. It includes an assessment of the environment and environmental policies - current and future environmental trends as well as potential remedies for deficiencies in the the nation's environmental programs and
Pleadings
The Environmental Quality Report
Mutual assent
Counterclaims
37. A situation in which replacement or completion costs are significantly disproportionate to the actual harm caused by the breach
Unconscionability
Any statutory seller
Criminal Trial
Economic waste
38. Enacted in Congress since 1963. The Clean Air Act authorizes EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to determine what constitutes appropriate levels of common air pollutants and set standards (known as the 'National Ambient Air Quality Standards') for
Motion for a more definitive statement
Clean Air Act
Objective standard
Ordinances
39. 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
Termination of an invitation to make an offer
'Definite and certain'
Subject matter jurisdiction
Promisor's rights (in relation to the beneficiary)
40. Provides retirement and disability benefits to employees as well as benefits to survivors of employees. It created the Social Security Administration
Mutual assent
Legal detriment
Prosecution
Social Security Act
41. The person to extends credit or a loan - and hence the person to whom a debt is owed
Creditor
Remand
Trial court
Workers compensation laws
42. A substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would consider the statement or omission important in making a decision about a securities transaction
Materiality
Charitable contributions
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pre-existing duty
43. Establishes that federal and state courts do not have jurisdiction over cases against a foreign nation. Immunity ends if the commercial activity occurred in the US - actions in the US based on commercial activities abroad - or commercial activities a
Regulation D of the Securities Act
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Information Act
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
44. People who are below the age of majority (which varies from state to state). Any contract that they are a part of is void - unless - (a) sometimes when the minor intentionally misrepresented his age and caused the other party to rely on teh misrepres
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45. 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.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
'due process'
Petit jury
Prosecution
46. A beneficiary's rights vest when she (a) manifests her assent to the contract - (b) brings suit to enforce the contract - or (c) materially changes her position justifiable reliance on the contract. Once the beneficiary's rights have vested - the con
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47. Courts that do no have broad subject matter jurisdiction because they can only hear particular types of cases. For example - Federal courts have limited jurisdiction and do not have broad subject matter jurisdiction.
Misrepresentation
Limited jurisdiction
United States Bankruptcy Code ('Code')
Federal Rules of Civil Procedures
48. The property that is the subject of a security interest
Trust
Demand assurance
Collateral
Examples of Uniform Laws
49. The difference between the value of the performance a party should have received and the value of the performance the party actually received.
Direct damages
Partial or trivial breach
Statute of limitations
Beneficiary's rights
50. Also known as 'gap fillers' - the courts will imply certain terms in order to clarify a contract's meaning. These include: 'implied obligation of good faith' and 'obligation to use reasonable efforts'
Implied terms
'in pari delicto'
Bilateral treaties
Regulation A of the Securities Act
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