AstraZeneca is a large pharmaceutical company that has a global reach. They are a provider of medications and medical equipment to the Veterans Administration hospitals throughout the United States under federal contract. In 2010‚ the Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against AstraZeneca on behalf of 124 women who claimed that they were subjected to pay discrimination. AstraZeneca has settled this suit in the amount of $250‚000 paid to the complainants. These allegations against AstraZeneca
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Agreement is executed this ____ day of ___________ by and between: NAME OF THE ESTABLISHMENT at ADDRESS. represented by its General Manager‚ NAME‚ hereinafter referred to as FIRST PARTY. COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (CITHM) – LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY (LPU-MLA) with office address at Muralla Corner Real Streets‚ Intramuros‚ Manila represented by MA. CHRISTINA G. AQUINO‚ OFFICER IN-CHARGE
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The well-known case of Smith and Snipes Hall Farm Ltd. v. River Douglas Catchment Area [1949] 2K.B. 500 is helpful. In that case‚ the facts were as follows:- In 1938‚ the defendants entered into a covenant with eleven landowners who owned land along a certain stream. On a landowner’s payment of a part of the cost‚ the defendants would improve the banks on the stream and maintain the banks in future. Two years later‚ in 1940‚ one landowner sold her land to Smith who‚ in 1944‚ leased the land to Snipes
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EXTRA CREDIT License Plate – VIAGRA Wife’s Name – Edna Car Color – Sunset Orange EXTRA CREDIT License Plate – VIAGRA Wife’s Name – Edna Car Color – Sunset Orange BLAW 200 – Study Guide Fall 2011 Strongest Laws (1) Weakest Laws (13) Strongest Laws (1) Weakest Laws (13) Deans List #1 – Sources of Law (pg.4) 1. Constitutions (+Charters) 2. Statute (+Ordinances) 3. Levels of Government 1. Federal 2. State 3. Local Levels of Government 4. Federal 5. State
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Is a comprehensive system. b. Remedies are not discretionary. c. Common law rights are enforceable at any time subjected to the operation of a state or territory’s statute of limitations. d. Common la rights are valid against the whole world. Equity: a. Not a comprehensive system- for example‚ never had a criminal jurisdiction. b. Remedies are discretionary. c. Remedies must be applied for promptly or they may not be enforceable. d. Equitable rights are valid only against those
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Words I must figure out for first business law exam Percurian Nexus – link or linkeages. Caveat Emptor Causa mortis Marbury v. Madison Judgement Enforceability Order Administrative court Civil law Common law Defendants Express powers Implied powers Equity Original jurisdiction Trial court Uniform commercial code Substantive law Statutory law Precedence Plaintive Fixity Appellee Stare decisis Caveat ven ditor Quid pro quo Old bitor dictum Ras judicata Ratio de ci dente Law – and between individuals
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resolution than in punishment. Violation will result in jail. Civil Law: is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations‚ in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. Two remedies: legal remedy (e.g. a specific amount of monetary damages) and an equitable remedy (e.g.injunctive relief or specific performance) Proof of Civil Case: Greater than 50%. It is possible to be guilty in civil trial and not guilty in criminal trial. Procedure Law: comprises the rules by
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Void and Voidable Contract 17/11/2013 INTRODUCTION A contract is an agreement with specific terms between two or more persons or entities in which there is a promise to do something in return for a valuable benefit known as consideration. It is a voluntary‚ deliberate and legally binding agreement which becomes legally valid if meeting of minds exists between the contracting parties and establishment of a legal relation/obligation between the parties for a legal consideration and
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Powers of Administrative Agencies 1. Quasi-legislative power / Power of subordinate legislation 2. Quasi-judicial power/Power of adjudication 3. Determinative powers (Note: Senator Neptali Gonzales calls them incidental powers) Definition of "Quasi-legislative power" It is the authority delegated by the law-making body to the administrative body to adopt rules and regulations intended to carry out the provisions of a law and implement legislative policy. Distinctions between
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St Augustine University of Tanzania Faculty of Law LAND LAW II - SLW 322 Course Coordinator: George Mwaisondola Tutor: Norah Kawiche ------------------------------------------------- Reference: JAMES‚ R.W. Land Tenure and Policy in Tanzania. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau‚ 1971. JAMES‚ R.W. and FIMBO‚ G. M. Customary Land Law of Tanzania‚ A Source Book. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau‚ 1973. MEGARRY‚ R. A Manual of the Law of Real Property. 7th ed. London: Sweet
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