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Please defend your position on the following statement: “The Statute of Frauds is old law that has outlived its usefulness and should be abandoned by today’s courts.” Be sure to state your position and support it with at least THREE points. pls note this is business law question!

the founder and chairman of the company is the same person. if he later sells the company and becomes executive director, will there be a conflict of interest? How could this be a corporate governance and ethics issue for the company and what steps/structures should be put in place to prevent this?

Need a long and detailed self-explanatory analysis of the following case after hearing the oral argument of the case in Oyez Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami

How to develop a business?  Use the following information as the basis for this activity:   Business Legal Structure Kevane Grant Thornton LLP Limited Liability Company Toys “R” Us Private Corporation Facebook, Inc. Public Corporation Based on the information provided, write an essay in which you discuss how to build a business.Use the following guiding questions: What is the difference between these legal structures, in terms of the liability of their owners? If you were to open a business, which of the legal structures would you use and why?  Explain your answer.

Outline the nature of the relationship between a Promoter and the company using law cases to qualify your answer.

Risk management is an important facet of corporate governance. The ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the corporation meets all legal and regulatory requirements related to risk management resides with the A.) Directors and officers of the firm B.) Corporate Compliance section of the firm C.) Shareholders of the firm D.) Professional risk manager of the firm

Course: Principle of Management Read CaseStudy and Answer Please

What business form would be most appropriate for Tim’s and why? Explain the benefits and drawbacks of the business form you chose. Explain which general state and federal laws (see resources below) might impact registration of Tim’s business, due to the fact that it is a restaurant business.

DQ2: Chapters 5 and 11: Unfortunately, you and Max make better friends than business partners. While Smaxy Maxy’s is roughly breaking even, there is constant conflict between the two of you. You and Max had established a partnership, and both of you recognize that the partnership must be dissolved, leaving a sole proprietor. There is no simple solution because both of you have fallen in love with Smaxy Maxy’s. You wisely consult a lawyer. She suggests a lawsuit to force the partnership dissolution. You wonder if there might be alternatives to litigation. What might those be with this fact scenario? Explain. DQ3: Chapter 14.3: You own Sam’s Sea Food and are in fierce competition with Frank’s Fish House, the businesses just a few blocks apart. Both sell a variety of fresh seafood. Frank decides on a new promotion. He advertises heavily, “one pound of fresh, wild Alaska, salmon, $8.99, first come, and first served.” However, Frank has only two of these items in the store. Is this…

Choose either True (T) or False (F) for each of the following questions – put your answers in the answer space below: i) If a company has retained the replaceable rules, its directors will have authority as to the issue of dividend. ii) If a shareholder wants to bring an action under s 236 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) regarding a transaction the company is involved in, the issue of whether the directors have a material personal interest in that transaction is not relevant. iii) Among the officers of a company, only the directors of a company owe the duty to prevent insolvent trading as per the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). iv) In the ASIC v Adler (2002) 41 ACSR 72 case, Mr Rodney Adler was not the director of HIHC, the HIH subsidiary that advanced the $10 million to Pacific Eagle Equity Pty Ltd (PEE). v)  A company will be directly liable for all crimes committed by its employees. vi) Once a company is deregistered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth.), it…

In Company Law Using the Foss VS Harbottle law case, Discuss the Ruling and the exceptions to the Rule.

12 You are the vice president for software development at a small, private firm. Sales of your firm's products have been strong, but you recently detected a patent infringement by one of your larger competitors. Your in-house legal staff has identified three options: (1) ignore the infringement out of fear that your larger competitor will file numerous countersuits; (2) threaten to file suit, but try to negotiate an out-of-court settlement for an amount of money that you feel your larger competitor would readily pay; or (3) point out the infringement and negotiate aggressively for a cross-licensing agreement with the competitor, which has numerous patents you had considered licensing. What are the pros and cons of each option? Which option would you pursue and why?

Outline the nature of the relationship between a promoter and the company.  Use case Law to qualify your answer.

Knowing the Ins and Outs of Filing a Provisional Patent Application I n start-up circles, it’s not uncommon to hear people say that they have a “provisional patent” or that they’re protected from someone stealing their invention because a provisional patent has been filed. neither of these statements can be true, because there is no such thing as a provisional patent. While the people who make those claims are normally well-intentioned, failing to be familiar with the basics of patent law can result in an entrepreneur inadvertently surrendering the patent rights for which he or she has an invention. If this happens, it can cripple a firm that’s planning on achieving a sustainable competitive advantage via its exclusive rights on an invention. Here’s an accurate assessment of what takes place for entrepreneurs working in the United States. What’s filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a “provisional patent…

This is a Business Law Question? 1. Usually, both a plaintiff and defendant can demand a jury trial in cases asking for cash damages. If you were involved in a trial with $50,000 at stake, would you want a jury trial? Would you trust a group of strangers to arrive at a fair verdict, or would you prefer a judge to decide the case? Would your answer depend upon whether you were the plaintiff or defendant? Describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of both a jury trial or a bench trial. 2.The Supreme Court has defined public figures as those who have “voluntarily exposed themselves to increased risk of injury by assuming an influential role in ordering society.” When deciding whether someone is a public figure, courts look at whether this person has received press coverage, sought the public spotlight, and has the opportunity to publicly rebut the accusations. Some have argued that social media makes anyone with a public Facebook profile or a certain number of Twitter followers a…

How would mandatory disclosure benefit the organization?

Explain the case of Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd. Why was this case is of such importance to small business owners?

Please explain the following terms: 1.Agency costs  2.Agency problems  3.Agency asymmetry problems  4.Decision rights  5.Influence costs

Business Law  Discuss what is intoxication in law ?  How can an person avoid a contract entered into under intoxication? You need to provide appropriate case laws to support your answer.    You are required to research relevant case laws on this matter and discuss in detail. Identify at least FIVE (5) Case Laws and discuss the:  basic facts  and outcomes in those cases.   Rubric Introduction- The introduction and objectives are clearly stated. Background and context are clearly articulated and linked to objectives effectively. Analysis- Analysis is highly relevant to the assignment requirements and presented clearly and logically. Very strong link made between theory and practice. Case laws- The Case law presented and facts is highly relevant to the assignment Conclusion- Conclusion is clearly stated and connections to the arguments and positions are clear and relevant. The underlying logic is explicit.

Can I have an outline about the "Acquisition of Real Property"

in united states supreme court through (22 term October 2022-present) the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith case what is it about and why was it important and why should people choose that particular case?     Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith

You are an associate attorney for Big Law & Associates. Bella comes to your office seeking legal advice. She wants to know what remedies she has as a result of Sharon’s breach. Based on your understanding of the UCC, what advice can you give her?

Dealing with Administrative Law-How to decipher complex regulations that apply to your businesses? Anyone in business today will need to pay more attention to administrative rules and regulations than to laws passed by local, state, and federal legislatures.  After reading the article below, discuss how you, as a business manager will survive in world of severe regulatory traps. Dealing with Administrative Law Whether you work for a large corporation or own a small business, you will be dealing with multiple aspects of administrative law. All federal, state, and local government administrative agencies create rules that have the force of law. Federal versus State and Local Agency Regulations The three levels of government create three levels of rules and regulations though their respective administrative agencies. At the federal level, these include the Food and Drug Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.…

At many universities, the title to any patentable inventions conceived or reduced to practice by faculty, staff, or students is assigned to the university regardless of the funding source. In this situation, if the innovator(s) intend to participate in commercialization of the technology via a start-up, they must license the rights to the invention from the university True False

One of the two directors of a private company died in a car accident. Discusswhether the board of directors of the company is still valid. Support your answerwith reference to the provision of the Companies Act, 2016.  Please give answer in details base on companies Act, 2016 below section.  Section9(d) Section196 Section20B

There are several types of employment relationships that affect the hiring and firing of employees. Some states have laws about employment relationships and others do not. Compare 2 of the following employment relationships: principal-agency relationships, independent contractor, at-will employment, and non-compete contractual agreements.   Discuss commonalities and differences to the types of agreement. Does 1 type of relationship benefit the employer more? Does the type of relationship have a positive or negative effect for wanting to work for a company that follows this relationship?

Discuss the use of a patent by a software manufacturer to protect against the unauthorized use of its software. Is this an effective approach? Which would you recommend –the copyright or patent approach? – to safeguard software? Why? Discuss the conditions under which a company’s customer list can be considered a trade secret. Outline an approach that a university might take to successfully combat plagiarism among its students? Under what conditions are the use of reverse engineering an acceptable business practice?