Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Felicia Cobbs Law 531 Business Law Professor Herndon October 17‚ 2011 Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation “Litigation is the bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defense of a lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010). There are two forms of litigation: traditional and nontraditional. The pretrial process is divided into pleadings‚ discovery‚ dismissals and pretrial judgments‚ and settlement conference. This is followed by the trial proceedings and appeals‚ if applicable
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private interviews with Henry Adams‚ Paul D’Arcy‚ Luke Filer and Leslie Harris. Henry was the CEO‚ so I assumed he would be one of my supporters; Paul and Luke‚ CFO and COO respectively‚ were the main opponents of my strategy; as much‚ I wanted to contract them at beginning. I wanted to make sure Leslie would help me‚ because she is also an advocate of the plan. Thereafter‚ the awareness level increased to 6. After week one‚ I walked the talk‚ and the interest level increased to 3 in two weeks. This
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Introduction This paper will walk through the simulation project experience‚ discuss lessons learned and key take ways from the project. The project simulation was designed to challenge project managers in a life like simulation of project management. It challenges a Project Manager to take over and manage an existing project within a global company. The simulation ran the project manager through the full life cycle of a project. It began with identifying all project stakeholders and project
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Introduction to Legal Studies and Basic Contract Law- Course Work Assignment Mrs Hyndley is the owner of two properties that she rents to students in the Belfast area. In January 2008 she asks her friend and next door neighbour Frederick‚ a local estate agent‚ to collect the rents from her tenants while she goes off on a 6 month round the world cruise. She does not discuss terms or payment with Frederick. However‚ Frederick agrees and does collect the rents. When Mrs Hyndley returns to Belfast
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“CONTRACT & PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT AT NTPC” SUBMITTED BY: **************** INDUSTRY GUIDE **************** FACULTY GUIDE **************** TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter No. Subject Executive Summary…………………. Research Methodology……………… Primary Objective(s)…………. Hypothesis…………………… Research Design……………… Sample Design……………….. Scope of the Study……………. Limitations……………………. Critical Review of Literature……….. Company Profile ……………………. Industry Profile……………….. Swot Analysis…………………. Data…………………………………
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BUSINESS DISPUTE Jaskamaljit Sahota LAW/531 Oct 03‚2013 Mr. Cornelius Perry Business Dispute To: Cornelius Perry From: Jaskamaljit Kaur Sahota Date: Oct 02‚ 2013 Subject: Preffered Method for State level Business Dispute. Mr. Cornelius Perry‚ It has come to my attention that there has been a state level business dispute which is submitted to ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution). So here‚ I will discuss about the various methods of ADR. Also‚ I will suggest/recommend
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LAW AND CONTRACTS 1.Eagle Stores‚ Inc. borrows $5‚000 each from EZ Loan Corporation‚ First National Bank‚ and Great Products Corporation. Eagle uses its "present inventory and any thereafter acquired" to secure the loans from EZ Loan and First National. EZ Loan perfects its interest on April 1‚ followed by First National on April 5. Eagle buys new inventory on April 10 from Great Products and signs a security agreement‚ giving Great Products a purchase-money security interest (PMSI) in the new
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Lecture 8 Law of Contract: Genuine Consent INTRODUCTION Although the contract may have the essentials of a valid offer‚ acceptance‚ legal intentions and consideration‚ its validity or enforceability may be affected by a number of factors. The agreement may be wanting in genuine consent between the parties. That is‚ although the parties may appear to have reached an agreement‚ it may not have been genuinely achieved because of misconduct‚ pressure‚ unfairness‚ or fear by those involved
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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What is the definition of a contract? An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. Describe the various types of contracts. 1) Bilateral and Unilateral 2) Express and Implied 3) Executory and Executed What elements does a contract need to be enforceable? 1) Agreement 2) Legality 3) Consideration 4) Capacity What elements would constitute a discharge of a contract? 1) Material breach 2) Minor breach 3) Anticipatory breach
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