Take Test: 5015 Cumulative Exam Part 1 of 7 – Know Law
Question 1
Which of the following is a true statement?
[removed] | A. | Death of an agent or the principal terminates an agency only after notification of death is received by the living party. |
[removed] | B. | An agency coupled with an interest usually terminates on the death of the principal. |
[removed] | C. | An agency coupled with an interest is usually revocable by the principal. |
[removed] | D. | Revocation of authority is done by the principal whereas renunciation of the authority is done by the agent. |
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Question 2
An assignment of personal services is
[removed] | Illegal | |
[removed] | Generally permitted | |
[removed] | Permitted with all the parties’ consent | |
[removed] | Is never permitted |
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Question 3
Which is a FALSE statement about U.S. civil rights laws?
[removed] | a. | The Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects against age discrimination in the workplace. |
[removed] | b. | Language discrimination in the form of “English-only” policies can be a form of national origin discrimination. |
[removed] | c. | Even an employee at-will can sue for wrongful discharge if she was terminated because of her gender. |
[removed] | d. | An employer is allowed to have an Affirmative Action plan that has rigid and fixed quotas for hiring based solely on race due to the history of discrimination in the United States. |
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Question 4
Which of the following would constitute a valid acceptance?
[removed] | The buyer tells the seller that the nonconforming goods which were shipped will be kept and paid for. | |
[removed] | The buyer waits for three months before notifying the seller that the goods are nonconforming. | |
[removed] | The buyer immediately resells the nonconforming goods. | |
[removed] | A, B and C. |
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Question 5
What is the significance of the term “preferred” in reference to preferred stock?
[removed] | It is viewed to generally be a better investment than common stock. | |
[removed] | Preferred stockholders usually have better voting rights than common stockholders. | |
[removed] | Preferred stockholders receive preference over creditors of the corporation in the event of liquidation. | |
[removed] | Preferred stockholders receive certain preferences over common stockholders with respect to dividends or with respect to assets in the event of liquidation. |
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Question 6
A partnership typically is created:
[removed] | If the managing partner files appropriate papers with the secretary of state. | |
[removed] | If one or more persons or entities engage in an ongoing business activity for profit. | |
[removed] | Upon the issuance of stock to the partners. | |
[removed] | Once there is a valid written partnership agreement. |
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Question 7
The EPA standards for toxic air pollutants:
[removed] | Require that all such pollutants which have any risks to humans be eliminated. | |
[removed] | Require that companies use the best available technology to minimize these pollutants, regardless of cost. | |
[removed] | Allow for safe levels of these pollutants to exist. | |
[removed] | A and B only. |
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Question 8
In a short form merger, which approvals are needed?
[removed] | Votes by both boards of directors, but shareholders need not approve. | |
[removed] | Vote by the board of directors of the surviving corporation, and for the corporation which does not survive, recommendation by the board of directors and vote by the shareholders. | |
[removed] | Vote by the board of directors of the surviving corporation. | |
[removed] | For both corporations, a vote by the shareholders, but no action by the board of directors. |
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Question 9
The best statement of the test applied in determining if a defendant was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries is:
[removed] | Was it foreseeable to the plaintiff that the defendant would engage in this particular conduct? | |
[removed] | Given this particular injury to the plaintiff, was it foreseeable that the defendant was the cause? | |
[removed] | Was it reasonably foreseeable to the defendant that the defendant’s conduct could lead to this kind of injury? | |
[removed] | Was the injury foreseeable to the plaintiff prior to the injury’s occurrence? |
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Question 10
What is a FALSE statement regarding monopolization analysis pursuant to Section 2 of the Sherman Act?
[removed] | a. | One generally cannot be guilty of or liable for monopolization without having a monopoly first. |
[removed] | b. | One can have a monopoly but not have monopoly power and thus not be a monopolizing company. |
[removed] | c. | All monopolies are illegal since they are inherently unfair to consumers. |
[removed] | d. | Wrongful conduct by a monopoly to establish the legal wrong of monopolization includes illegal AND unethical, predatory, or abusive conduct (which is not necessarily illegal). |
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Question 11
What is a FALSE statement regarding monopolization analysis pursuant to Section 2 of the Sherman Act?
[removed] | a. | One generally cannot be guilty of or liable for monopolization without having a monopoly first. |
[removed] | b. | One can have a monopoly but not have monopoly power and thus not be a monopolizing company. |
[removed] | c. | All monopolies are illegal since they are inherently unfair to consumers. |
[removed] | d. | Wrongful conduct by a monopoly to establish the legal wrong of monopolization includes illegal AND unethical, predatory, or abusive conduct (which is not necessarily illegal). |
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Question 12
Which of the following is a FALSE statement?
[removed] | A. | A contract should specify where disputes are to be adjudicated and which jurisdiction’s law will be applied to any disputes. |
[removed] | B. | California does not recognize the validity of covenants-not-to-compete (or non-competition clauses) in employment contracts. |
[removed] | C. | When a person goes into bankruptcy, an automatic stay arises which means that contract claimants and other creditors are prohibited from instituting any legal proceeding to enforce a contract or to obtain any money owed pursuant to a contract. |
[removed] | D. | “Puffing” statements, such as this is a “great car” or a “top-notch car,” are typically grounds for breach of express warranty lawsuits. |
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Question 13
Which of the following would not be a misappropriation of a trade secret?
[removed] | Paying an engineer who is working at a competitor to disclose the trade secret to you. | |
[removed] | Buying the competitor’s product, then tearing it apart and analyzing it in your laboratory to reveal how the product works. | |
[removed] | Hiring a spy to break into a competitor’s offices to acquire the secret. | |
[removed] | Asking one of your current engineers to disclose a trade secret of her former employer and she does so. |
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Question 14
Which of the following is false under the Uniform Partnership Act?
[removed] | Each partner is personally liable for all of the debts of the partnership. | |
[removed] | Any one partner may be held liable for the partnership’s entire indebtedness. | |
[removed] | Title to land may be taken in the firm name. | |
[removed] | The partnership must always have a written partnership agreement prepared by an attorney |
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Question 15
A supervening illegality (that is, legality after the contract was entered into) is best described as
[removed] | Voiding the contract | |
[removed] | Resulting in a discharge of contract duties | |
[removed] | Having no effect on the contract | |
[removed] | Making the contract voidable |
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Question 16
Which of the following is a false statement?
[removed] | A. | The law in the United States has been mainly influenced by the French Napoleonic Code. |
[removed] | B. | One major purpose of the law is to protect persons and their property from unwanted interference from others. |
[removed] | C. | Those precepts that must be obeyed and followed by citizens subject to sanctions or legal consequences can be thought of as law. |
[removed] | D. | Law serves both to maintain the status quo and to facilitate orderly change. |
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Question 17
The Statute of Frauds does not cover
[removed] | Contracts in consideration of marriage | |
[removed] | Contracts for the sale of realty | |
[removed] | Guarantees or guaranty contracts | |
[removed] | Contracts that can be performed within one year |
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Question 18
“Fundamental corporate change” consists of:
[removed] | a. | Amending the articles of incorporation |
[removed] | b. | Merging with another corporation |
[removed] | c. | Dissolution and termination of the corporation |
[removed] | d. | All of the above. |
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Question 19
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the assignment of a partner’s interest in the partnership?
[removed] | The partnership interest is personal property. | |
[removed] | The partnership interest may be assigned without the permission of the other partners. | |
[removed] | The assignment makes the person receiving it (the assignee) a new partner. | |
[removed] | The assignment allows the person receiving it (the assignee) to receive the partnership profits of the assignor. |
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Question 20
Being technically able to perform a contract but with that performance now having no value or worth is best
described as
[removed] | Discharge by impossibility of performance | |
[removed] | Discharge by illness | |
[removed] | Discharge by frustration of purpose | |
[removed] | Discharge by agreement |
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Question 21
Which of the following statements is a false one?
[removed] | Violators of emission standards in the U.S. can be subject to civil penalties pursuant to the Clean Air Act. | |
[removed] | Under no circumstances in the U.S. can waste be discharged into navigable rivers since that is pollution. | |
[removed] | Companies in the United States can legally buy and sell rights to pollute in the form of so-called emission credits or pollution permits. | |
[removed] | The common law doctrine of nuisance can be used to obtain an injunction to stop pollution. |
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Question 22
Which of the following in not true?
[removed] | A minor can still disaffirm a contract for a reasonable time after reaching majority. | |
[removed] | An adult cannot disaffirm a contract made with a minor. | |
[removed] | A minor must pay the agreed price on contract for necessaries. | |
[removed] | What constitutes a necessary varies over time and can differ from state to state. |
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Question 23
Which of the following is a true statement?
[removed] | A. | The doctrine of strict liability has completely eliminated the doctrine of negligence as a possible legal theory for an injured person to recover for harms caused by a product. |
[removed] | B. | In order to recover for the tort of intentional misrepresentation (or fraud) the victimized plaintiff must have reasonably relied on the misrepresentation. |
[removed] | C. | The doctrine of strict tort liability applies to the sale and lease of products and services. |
[removed] | D. | Strict liability can be effectively disclaimed or excluded from the transaction by a conspicuous and clear disclaimer. |
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Question 24
Which of the following generally does not need to be included with the articles of incorporation?
[removed] | The period duration of the corporation. | |
[removed] | The classes and preferences of stock. | |
[removed] | Whether preemption rights are given to the stockholders. | |
[removed] | A copy of the bylaws. |
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Question 25
How can “intellectual property” be legally protected in the United States?
[removed] | a. | By patent law |
[removed] | b. | By copyright law |
[removed] | c. | By trade secret law |
[removed] | d. | All of the above. |
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Question 26
Which of the following is a true statement?
[removed] | A. | As a general rule, a unilateral mistake does not allow either party to a contract to rescind or cancel it. |
[removed] | B. | Where two parties contract for the sale of an old violin and the seller does not realize that it is a rare and extremely valuable one, then the seller, the mistaken party, can cancel the contract since it would then be unfair to him or her. |
[removed] | C. | In a fraud case the victimized plaintiff need just prove that he or she relied on the false statement. |
[removed] | D. | Fraud typically renders a contract null and void. |
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Question 27
Which of the following is NOT one of the aspects of the implied warranty of merchantability?
[removed] | A. | The goods are suitable for the ordinary purposes for which they are used. |
[removed] | B. | The goods are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled. |
[removed] | C. | The goods are priced justly and fairly. |
[removed] | D. | The goods within each unit or part are of an even quality. |
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Question 28
The person who can accept an offer is known as
[removed] | The acceptor | |
[removed] | The offeror | |
[removed] | The assignee | |
[removed] | The offeree |
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Question 29
If the time, place and manner of delivery of goods is not mentioned in a contract:
[removed] | The place of delivery is the buyer’s place of business. | |
[removed] | The contract is void for lack of definiteness. | |
[removed] | The place of delivery is the seller’s place of business. | |
[removed] | The seller is obligated to pay for shipping to the buyer’s place of business. |
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Question 30
Which of the following is FALSE about the tort of trespass?
[removed] | a. | A person cannot be liable for trespass by intentionally throwing objects on another’s land or causing third parties to come on the land since that person did not physically come on the land. |
[removed] | b. | A trespass can occur against personal property, called “chattels” under the common law. |
[removed] | c. | The intent required for a trespass is only the intent to do the act that constitutes the trespass. |
[removed] | d. | Regarding a trespass to land, actual injury to the land is not required; nominal damages can be given for the mere act of the trespass itself. |
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Question 31
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that:
[removed] | a. | Employers make an all-out effort to accommodate disabled employees regardless of cost or expense. |
[removed] | b. | Employers make a “reasonable” accommodation to disabled employees. |
[removed] | c. | Only large employers with over 1500 employees must make a reasonable accommodation to disabled employees due to the burdens involved. |
[removed] | d. | None of the above. |
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Question 32
Regarding differences under the UCC in the treatment of merchants and nonmerchants, which is true?
[removed] | The UCC applies to merchants, but not to nonmerchants. | |
[removed] | The UCC requires merchants’ contracts to be in writing, but not those of nonmerchants. | |
[removed] | The requirements for a merchant to form a contract are less stringent than those for nonmerchants, and merchants receive fewer protections than nonmerchants. | |
[removed] | The consideration requirement has been eliminated for contracts between merchants, but is still present in contracts involving at least one nonmerchant. |
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Question 33
Which of the following are protected classes under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
[removed] | Race, national origin, and sex. | |
[removed] | Race, national origin, and political affiliation. | |
[removed] | Race, religion, and sexual orientation. | |
[removed] | Religion, color, and prior welfare eligibility. |
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Question 34
An agent negotiates a contract with a third party for which the agent did not have actual express authority. Which of the following is true?
[removed] | The principal can never be held liable on the contract because the agent exceeded his authority. | |
[removed] | The principal can be liable on the contract only if the agent had implied authority to enter into the contract. | |
[removed] | The principal can be liable on the contract only if apparent authority was present. | |
[removed] | Either implied or apparent authority might cause the principal to be liable on the contract. |
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Question 35
In order to have an investment contract which is regulated by the SEC, which of the following is required?
[removed] | An investment of money. | |
[removed] | A common enterprise. | |
[removed] | The expectation that profit from the enterprise will result from the efforts of others. | |
[removed] | A, B and C. |
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Question 36
Ann owns Beta Enterprises, a sole proprietorship. Ann’s liability for the obligations of the business is
[removed] | limited by state statute. | |
[removed] | limited to the amount of her original investment. | |
[removed] | limited to the total amount of capital Ann invests in the business. | |
[removed] | unlimited. |
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Question 37
In order to be enforceable, a covenant-not-to-compete must be reasonable in each of the following aspects except:
[removed] | Length of time the restriction is in effect. | |
[removed] | Scope (i.e. interests protected) by the restriction. | |
[removed] | Amount paid to the one who gives up the right to compete. | |
[removed] | Geographic area of the restriction. |
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Question 38
When a promoter enters into a contract on behalf of corporation which is not yet formed, the corporation will become liable on the contract:
[removed] | At the time the promoter enters into the contract. | |
[removed] | When the corporation comes into existence. | |
[removed] | Once the corporation has elected its initial board of directors. | |
[removed] | Only if the corporation, once formed, agrees to be liable on the contract. |
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Question 39
The International Trade Administration (ITA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce regulates import competition by:
[removed] | a. | Promotion of trade and investment |
[removed] | b. | Strengthening industry competitiveness |
[removed] | c. | Ensuring fair trade |
[removed] | d. | All of the above. |
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Question 40
Which of the following is FALSE about damages for a breach of contract?
[removed] | a. | Money damages can consist of compensatory and consequential damages. |
[removed] | b. | Consequential damages must be reasonably foreseeable by the parties as likely damages stemming from a breach. |
[removed] | c. | Liquidated damages must be a reasonable amount and not an excessive “penalty.” |
[removed] | d. | The Mitigation of Damage rule does not apply when an employer breaches a contract with an employee since the employer is usually the dominant entity, and thus the wrongfully discharged employee does not have any obligation to look for other employment. |
[removed] | a. | The Colorado constitutional provision will prevail since states existed before the national government; and thus the federal law is invalid. |
[removed] | b. | The federal statute will control due to the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution and thus will make the state constitutional law provision invalid. |
[removed] | c. | In Colorado, the state constitutional provision will prevail; but the federal statute will apply in the other 49 states. |
[removed] | d. | Whichever was passed first will control over the other in Colorado. |
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[removed] | A. | Hospital wins since Construction’s performance was not perfect according to the Perfect Tender rule |
[removed] | B. | Hospital wins Construction’s supervisor was negligent. |
[removed] | C. | Construction wins since Hospital acted in a deceitful manner. |
[removed] | D. | Construction wins and recovers the contract price minus the amount necessary to correct the defects and finish the work pursuant to the Substantial Performance doctrine. |
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[removed] | a. | Samir does not get the job because he is dark-skinned. |
[removed] | b. | Samir does not get the job because he is from Pakistan. |
[removed] | c. | Samir does not get the job because his eyesight is very, very poor and not sufficiently correctable. |
[removed] | d. | Samir does not get the job because he is a Muslim. |
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[removed] | liable, because Bob’s conduct constituted sexual harassment. | |
[removed] | liable, because Carol resisted Bob’s advances. | |
[removed] | not liable, because Bob’s conduct was not job-related. | |
[removed] | not liable, because Carol resisted Bob’s advances. |
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[removed] | Kappa did not consent to the assignment. | |
[removed] | Kappa was not paid for the assignment. | |
[removed] | the assignment will materially alter Kappa’s risk. | |
[removed] | this is a personal service contract. |
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[removed] | a. | A horizontal merger subject to the merger test in the Clayton Act. |
[removed] | b. | A vertical merger which requires the “market foreclosure” legal test to be applied. |
[removed] | c. | An unfair restraint of trade which requires the Rule of Reason to be applied. |
[removed] | d. | None of the above. |
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[removed] | lose, because partners are not jointly and severally liable. | |
[removed] | lose, because only partnership assets are available to pay the judgment | |
[removed] | win, because partners are jointly and severally liable | |
[removed] | win, because partnership assets are available to pay the judgment |
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[removed] | Right of survivorship since the property is owned jointly. | |
[removed] | A presumption of a partnership since the property is owned jointly. | |
[removed] | The transfer of an interest in the property without the consent of the other owners and without destroying the tenancy in common. | |
[removed] | None of the above. |
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[removed] | Illegal since it is illegal discrimination based on appearance. | |
[removed] | Legal as long as the standard is applied equally to men and women on the sales force. | |
[removed] | Illegal if the appearance discrimination is used as a subterfuge for race or color discrimination. | |
[removed] | B and C. |
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[removed] | cause in fact. | |
[removed] | intervening cause. | |
[removed] | unforeseeable cause. | |
[removed] | superseding cause. |
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[removed] | a. | Marie since she accepted Donnie’s offer at $200. |
[removed] | b. | Marie since her initial response was merely an “invitation to offer.” |
[removed] | c. | Donnie since his original offer was terminated by Marie’s counteroffer. |
[removed] | d. | Donnie since the court would void the entire contract since $200 for even a used racing bike does not seem like a fair price. |
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[removed] | The comparative negligence doctrine because the shareholders likely were sophisticated investors who should have known that “what goes up, must come down.” | |
[removed] | The assumption of the risk doctrine since everyone knows that the stock market is a risky venture. | |
[removed] | The Business Judgment Rule even though the decision turned out to be a “bad” business one. | |
[removed] | The doctrine of strict liability for ultra-hazardous activities since it was common knowledge at the time that people were being granted mortgages with no down-payment and no verifiable evidence of income, assets, or employment. |
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[removed] | Mohammed will prevail since this is clearly religious discrimination. | |
[removed] | Mohammed will prevail since making him a mere “clerk” is not a reasonable accommodation on the part of the employer in these circumstances. | |
[removed] | The employer will prevail if it can convince the court that its accommodation to Mohammed was a reasonable one. | |
[removed] | The employer will prevail regardless since it has no duty to accommodate the religious practices of its Moslem employees after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. |
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[removed] | a per se violation of the Sherman Act. | |
[removed] | exempt from the antitrust laws. | |
[removed] | subject to continuing review by the appropriate federal agency. | |
[removed] | subject to the rule of reason. |
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[removed] | The Florida law will be upheld since gambling is regarded as a “vice’ that the state can protect its residents from. | |
[removed] | The Florida law will be upheld since companies involved in the gambling industry do not possess free speech rights. | |
[removed] | The Florida law will be upheld since the motive of Big Casino Company is to make money from Florida residents. | |
[removed] | The Florida law will be struck down as an infringement of Big Casino’s commercial speech rights under the First Amendment. |
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[removed] | Legal since nothing is false about it and the actors are over 21 and naturally one would expect that they be good-looking, and thus the ad meets all FTC standards for advertising. | |
[removed] | Legal so long as the FTC first approves it and the ad is not placed on any TV shows geared for children, such as Saturday morning cartoon shows. | |
[removed] | Illegal since it could be misleading in the sense that young people could be misled into believing that drinking and boating can be mixed safely. | |
[removed] | Illegal because all advertising is, in essence, lies, deceptions, and half-truths. |
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[removed] | an unreasonable restraint of trade. | |
[removed] | unreasonable in terms of geographic area and time. | |
[removed] | unreasonable in terms of Kyle’s “goodwill” and “reputation.” | |
[removed] | valid and enforceable. |
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[removed] | A. | Thelma prevails since Able failed to sign the articles. |
[removed] | B. | Thelma prevails but can only recover from Able. |
[removed] | C. | Thelma loses due to the de facto corporation doctrine. |
[removed] | D. | Thelma loses due to the impossibility of performance doctrine due to the recession. |
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[removed] | do not have an agency relationship, because Jan’s business is buying for others. | |
[removed] | do not have an agency relationship, because Jan did not indicate that she was acting for Baron. | |
[removed] | do not have an agency relationship, because their agreement is not in writing. | |
[removed] | have an agency relationship. |
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[removed] | A pooling agreement. | |
[removed] | A voting trust | |
[removed] | A shareholder derivative lawsuit | |
[removed] | Cumulative voting. |