Case Name: National Legal Services Authority (Petitioner) v Union of India & Ors. (Respondent). Court Name: Supreme Court of India. Bench: J.‚ K.S. Radhakrishnan & J.‚ A.K. Sikri. Date of Decision: April 15‚ 2014. Citation: AIR 2014 SC 1863. Statement of Facts: 1. The National Legal Services Authority filed a writ petition no. 400 of 2012 seeking relief that Hijras/ Eunuchs/ Transgenders (herein after refer as TG) be given legal status as ‘third gender’ with legal and constitutional provision.
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Case 5.3 The North Face‚ Inc 1 Auditors should not insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given set of financial statements. Because “immaterial” effect on the financial statements will not affect the users’ decisions. Therefore‚ auditors have to confirm if the effects on the financial statements are really “immaterial”. If there are really “immaterial”‚ sometimes the auditor would be forced by the clients to ignore it
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Case Synopses Walmart Stores‚ Inc. 09/12/13 Which strategic management concepts are useful in the analysis of this case? 1. SWOT Analysis Walmart’s internal strengths and weaknesses and environmental opportunities and threads are: Strengths Highly motivated and committed employees (Associates) Top management involved on daily operations (street managers) Latitude price setting (allows more profitability in different locations) Technology oriented (Satellite system and logistic
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2.1 (a) In the decision of District Court of New South Wales‚ Appellant (Ms Derrick) owed the Respondent (Rosannie Cheung) a duty of care‚ as she was driving at such a speed that it was beyond her ability to stop the car in time and notice that a child which suddenly darted from one of the parked cars. In addition‚ nearby shops and houses combined with the date‚ Saturday morning shortly before Christmas‚ should have alerted Ms Derrick that small children might be playing around‚ so she needed to
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Food Inc. 1. Food production has changed more in the last 10 years than in the preceding 10‚000. 2. Images of agrarian (farm) society in the consumer’s mind include: green fields cattle grazing red barns 3. The average supermarket contains 47‚000 (how many?) items 4. How do you think farm animals should be treated? How do your ideas compare to what you saw in the film? I think farm animals should be treated with some respect. If we are going to keep them trapped then we ought to let them do what
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“stat[ing] with particularity facts giving rise to a strong inference that the defendant acted with the required state of mind.” Livid‚ 403 F.3d at 1055 (internal quotation marks omitted). The higher pleading standards incorporates the scienter standard in the federal rules that requires the circumstances constituting the fraud be pled with particularity‚ but allows the plaintiff to plead the state of mind generally. Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). The particularity requirement is met by pleading facts about the
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ethics‚ finance and restructuring of debt. The analysis examines issues faced by a company experiencing financial distress such as a conflict of interest among debt holders‚ management and stockholders and corporate responsibility in practice. Dice‚ Inc‚ a provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals faced a series of challenges which included a troubled economy‚ undesirable balance sheets and heartless debt holders following the crash of the dot.com bubble. The company earned
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Case 4: MAGREC‚ Inc. 1.) Place yourself in the role of the manager. What should you do now? After considering what happened‚ would you change any of your behaviors? If I was Pat: Even though Fred wants me to fire Dinah‚ I believe that if I was to fire her‚ Dinah would file a lawsuit for wrongful discharge. My values and morals should not be the deciding factor in determining if Dinah’s actions are grounds for dismal. As such‚ I would meet with Fred‚ and explain to him the result
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CASE United States v. Nixon‚ 418 U.S. 683 (1974) FACTS A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Nixon’s White House staff members and political supporters of the President for violation of federal statutes in the Watergate affair‚. The President on the other hand was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator. The Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski filed a motion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure - Rule 17 for a subpoena duces tecum‚ a court summons ordering the President
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Wawa‚ Inc.‚ a privately held company‚ began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the 19th Century‚ owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa‚ Pa‚ in 1902. The milk business was a huge success‚ due to its quality‚ cleanliness and “certified” process. As home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s‚ Grahame Wood‚ George’s grandson‚ opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy products. Now
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