(IC3) processed more than 336‚000 complaints related to Internet crime in 2009 in the United States. • Many complaints were related to fraud‚ including nondelivery of ordered items‚ credit and debit card fraud‚ and advanced fee scams. Much of the credit card fraud was perpetrated when credit card numbers were stolen by criminals tricking people into revealing sensitive information or by computer programs that gather credit card data. • Non-fraud-related complaints pertained to issues such as computer
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Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright and Patent Copyrights and patents hold a major importance for business owners‚ and companies. I will discuss in detail what a copyright and patent are and the importance the two of them hold. What is Intellectual Property Rights; it refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce which leads to patents. What is a patent? A patent is an exclusive right
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What’s PIP? PIP stands for personal injury protection. PIP is extended car insurance that’s available in some states in the U.S. The coverage is usually for medical expenses. Sometimes‚ the insurance will cover lost wages due to an accident and other damages. This type of insurance is to cover people in an accident regardless of the person to blame. Usually‚ someone makes a claim on their own insurance. Depending on the laws in the state‚ someone may make a claim on your PIP insurance. Depending
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How to Contest an Order of Protection in Arizona An order of protection is a document obtained from the court. A protective order is also known as a restraining order and it’s issued to order the abusive person not to contact you or prevent abusive behavior. Orders of protection are filed based on one’s relationship with the defendant and whether or not a domestic violence crime has been executed. Arizona has different types of protective orders like: • Injunction against workplace aggravation
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UNISA CENTRE FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT STUDY GUIDE FOR LEGAL ASPECTS OF PURCHASING PPSM049 © 2008 University of South Africa All rights reserved University of South Africa Muckleneuk Pretoria Original: Ms I Fourie Revised by: Ms Rene Swart Assisted by: Prof JA Badenhorst LEGAL ASPECTS OF PURCHASING STUDY UNIT 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 General principles of the law of contract p1 Introduction General principles of the law of contract Requirements
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------------------------------------------------- The Data Protection Act (UK – 1998‚ Malta – 2001): The DPA concerns the “collection‚ recording‚ organization‚ storage‚ adaptation‚ alteration‚ retrieval‚ gathering‚ use‚ disclosure‚ blocking‚ erasure or destruction of personal data”. The purpose of the Data Protection Act: a. The purpose of the DPA is to protect living individuals against the misuse of their personal data. Examples of such misuse could include exposing of personal data without obtaining
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judge the success of reforms in legal aid provision as we lack agreement on the aims and objectives of a legal aid system”. Discuss. INTRODUCTION Legal aid helps with the costs of legal advice for people who can’t afford it. If anyone needs help with the costs of legal advice‚ he can apply for legal aid. Whether he will receive it depends on: the type of legal problem he has; his income (how much he earn) and how much capital (money‚ property‚ belongings) he has; whether there is a reasonable chance
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Whirlpool Legal Responsibility The legal responsibility component of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) definition is an expected responsibility. Whirlpool is expected to obey laws and regulations that affect their stakeholders: employees‚ consumers‚ owners‚ community‚ and others. The official company statement in regards to the basic code of conduct is “There is no right way to do a wrong thing.” (Whirlpool Corporation‚ 2006) To begin with‚ Whirlpool has an established and published Code
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IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Legal research is the crux and the very foundation of all legal works. It commences with an analysis of the facts of a case‚ after which issues are framed and then background information and other relevant materials are collected with regard to each issue. The next step involves organizing the collected materials and assessing it following which one arrives at conclusions. While researching due importance
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Legal Process MGT/434 May 20‚ 2013 Clint Heiner Legal Process Unfortunately‚ in society discrimination occurs quite often in the work environment. Discrimination is judging someone based on different characteristics including age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ and race. Although discrimination exists‚ employees do not have to subject themselves to this behavior. Employees receive protection against discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to Bennett-Alexander
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