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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RESEARCH PAPER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INTRODUCTION Affirmative Action is an employment legislation protection system that is intended to address the systemized discrimination faced by women and minorities. It achieves this by enforcing diversity through operational intrusions into recruitment‚ selection‚ and other personnel functions and practices in America. Originally‚ Affirmative Action arose because of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s desire to integrate society on educational
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The Legal and Ethical Issues of Death and Dying End of Life Issues Advance Directives Why do we need an advance directive? Physicians used to subjectively decide for the patient‚ and the patient did not have autonomy‚ such as CPR for cardiac arrest. Now this decision making has shifted to the patient. Most family members‚ having not been in an ICU before‚ are not prepared to make decisions. Physicians have a sense of whether the patient in the ICU is going to live or die. Typically
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Unit 4‚ P5‚M2 Jorg Wigmans Explain the Legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of information. The explanation needs to include how the business complies with current legislation and how they deals with ethical issues by means on policies and codes of practice. Legal issues: Presenting a couple of situations in which Hugo boss has to cope with legal issues. For instance: Hugo Boss does not use its market position to obtain advantages for itself by dictating prices or refusing to supply
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Stem Cell Research Legislation and Related Legal Issues DeVry University The first embryonic stem cells were first isolated from animals in 1981 by Sir Martin Evans. However it wasn’t until 1998 that James Thompson first isolated human embryonic stem cells. Since then continuing research with stem cells has shown to be sensitive issue because of the perception of morality by humans. For this reason stem cell research legislation has been enacted and has been ever changing throughout time. Therefore
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Ronald Robillard Prof. Jane Curth Personal and Community Health Section 012 06/11/13 Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana less harmful than most other legal tobacco products and has the ability to reduce the pain within ailing people. Marijuana also has the potential to raise the U.S. out of their tough economic struggle as well as lower crime rate and create more jobs for many more people. Marijuana should be legalized for medical use across the country. Marijuana has a negative stigma attached
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country in the entire world and is almost the size of the continental US (“AUSTRALIA”). Australia really is unique from the rest of the world from their political parties‚ their mixed economy‚ and their legal system to their religion‚ culture‚ and social structure. II. POLITICAL – ECONOMIC – LEGAL –ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTS a. POLITICAL SYSTEM The Australian political system is much like that of the United States. Both systems of government follow the idea of indirect democracy and are based on principles
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Speluncean a. Truepenny CJ i) Does the law exhaust the requirements of ’justice’? Depends on one’s view of Justice. Justice in Truepenny’s eyes is to extend clemency to the defendants and that if this is done then in his eyes‚ ’ justice will be accomplished without offering any encouragement for the disregard of law’. ii) Mercy may not be part of the law if it is followed to the letter of the law. iii)
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The legal issues in the SeaWorld of Florida v. Perez case are numerous issues with height requirements from the whales and the trainers. Also‚ the different types of platforms the trainers use for their different types of students and performances. The issue of drywork and waterwork are in question in the case and the question of what is dry work and what is considered wet work on the job. There are some concerns if the distance is wide and high enough for a safe environment away from the whales
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Step 1 The legal issue is whether the participants have established offer and acceptance for a valid contract. Step 2 All parties involved in an agreement need to complete respective conditions completely in order to be able to bring the agreement to court as judges will only identify the terms for a sufficient agreement. Illusory promise is a promise which none of importance items have been acknowledged. Illusory promises cannot be imposed. In Placer Development Ltd v Commonwealth case‚ Placer
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