In the United States federal courts‚ class actions are governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 (d). Class action lawsuits may be brought in federal court if the claim arises under federal law‚ or if the claim falls under 28 USCA § 1332 (d). Under § 1332 (d) (2) the federal district courts have original jurisdiction over any civil action where the amount in controversy exceeds $5‚000‚000 and either 1. any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State
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A Better A Century Foundation Report Affirmative State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Action: Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter A Century Foundation Report A Better Affirmative Action State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter The Century Foundation is a progressive nonpartisan think tank. Originally
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Affirmative action is a failure. Enforced by executive order 11246 affirmative action was intended as a temporary measure to level the playing field within education and the workplace for African Americans. After forty-eight years of biased and preferential treatment it is time for affirmative action‚ as we know it‚ to end. Affirmative action is outdated and in modern times only serves to create systemic problems within educational institutions‚ while causing long-lasting harm to individuals. Affirmative
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Running Head: Ethics in Action Ethics in Action Section 1 Michael Slate Liberty University Teen Pregnancy If this was your client‚ what would you say and do? Be specific. Why would you respond this way? If I were the counselor that was handling this young ladies case I would first and foremost try and gain trust with her. Without trust I will never have the opportunity to assist her. I would not tell the client’s parents without notifying her first
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09 Module Program 1. IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE: Building a positive attitude 2. SUCCESS: Winning strategies 3. MOTIVATION: Motivating yourself and others every day 4. LISTENING AND COMMUNICATION: Communicating either through silence or word or actions 5. SELF-ESTEEM: Building positive self-esteem and image 6. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Building a pleasing personality 7. SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND HABITS: Forming positive habits and character 8. GOAL-SETTING: Setting and achieving your goals 9. VALUES
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The Concept of Intentional Action Abstract The concept of intentional action‚ which is the notion of how people assign blame/praise unto actions and how they consider them to be intentional or unintentional has been a subject of discussion within the area of philosophical theories of the mind and folk psychology. To investigate whether people assign moral considerations with regard to actions and how they consider them intentional/unintentional‚ 6 people were given a 5 question questionnaire to
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On Wednesday June 11‚ 2008 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)‚ the Prime Minister of Canada‚ the Right Honourable Stephen Harper‚ made a Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools‚ on behalf of the Government of Canada. Prime Minister Harper offers full apology on behalf of Canadians for the Indian Residential Schools system11 June 2008Ottawa‚ OntarioStatement of Apology PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The treatment of children in Indian Residential Schools is a sad
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Affirmative action is a practice that is intended to promote opportunities for the “protected class” which includes minorities‚ woman‚ and people with disabilities or any disadvantaged group for that matter. With affirmative action in place people of this protected class are given an even playing field in terms of hiring‚ promotion‚ as well as compensation. Historically‚ affirmative action is only known to have protected African Americans and woman; however that is not the case. Affirmative action protects
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aliens cross the border each day in search for a better life‚ but not all make it as they had dreamed” (1). The United States may be called the dreamland‚ but for some people it is like a journey through hell. Illegal Immigration from Mexico has problems such as increasing death rates in the Mexican population‚ dangerous abuse of human trafficking laws‚ struggle to survive‚ and the sabotage‚ vandalism‚ and treatment along the border that need solutions such as amnesty‚ following the Illegal alien
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For Case Discussion (2 pages) 1. What is your assessment of Billings’ performance as president of Stone Finch? What do you think of his leadership style? In my opinion Billing’s is a strong leader as he possessed key criteria in my assessment Bold‚ Risk taker Energetic with drive People followed him ( evident by the description in the case were majority of employees followed him when he acquired stone finch) Encouraged innovative and open culture which I think is key to successful leadership
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