Analysis The facts in the case of Thompson V North American Stainless‚ LP 562 U.S._ (2011) are fairly straightforward. The petitioner in this case‚ Eric Thompson‚ was seemingly fired from his job at North American Stainless (NAS) because his fiancée‚ Miriam Regalado filed a sexual discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). His suit was filed under Title VII claiming that his dismissal was retaliation for his fiancée’s charge. (Pagnattaro‚ Cahoy‚ Magid‚ Reed
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University of Victoria Undergraduate Admissions and Records P.O. Box 3025‚ Stn CSC‚ Victoria‚ B.C.‚ V8W 3P2 Phone (250)721-8135‚ Fax (250)721-6225 Date: Student #: SAMPLE LETTER #4: ACCUMULATED FAILS For information only‚ to assist student in avoiding assignment of additional failing grades. Issued once 5 failing grades (E/F/N) assigned in course of UVic studies. Dear Student FOR INFORMATION ONLY ACCUMULATED FAILING GRADES Faculty: This letter is being sent to you on behalf of the Dean of
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Since this is a civil action‚ all these matters will have to be proved according to ‘the preponderance of probability’ ( Miller v Minister of Pensions (1947)). Even where Annie is alleging matters that would amount to the criminal offence of arson‚ she does not have to prove them beyond reasonable doubt. In Hornal v Neuberger Products Ltd (1957)‚ the plaintiff was sold a lathe by the defendants. One of their directors was alleged to have stated falsely that the machine had been
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Mete Yorgan‚ January 22‚ 2008 Cunningham and Attorney General for British Columbia v. Tomey Homma and Attorney General for Canada (1902) The case illustrates the impact of judicial decisions with respect to Provincial Jurisdictions vs. Federal Jurisdictions in Canada. Case Summarized: Tomey Homma was born in Japan. However‚ as a naturalized British Subject‚ he requested to be placed on the registry of voters in the Vancouver electoral district. The Provincial Elections Act of
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The problem Pepcid AC faced in its initial entry into the market was direct competition from competing products that‚ together‚ took almost all market share. Pepcid AC positioned itself as three important things: providing lasting relief from GERD and gastrointestinal upset by means of the fewest pills possible and providing not only relief but prevention. Tegamet already had an established marketing base that consisted of customers who knew the brand name and were weary to switch to another product
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Too often development efforts portray non-Western women as victims and subjects of vulnerability whom need ‘saving’. This paper addresses the ‘savior’ approach to development to demonstrate how North America has created false images of women in developing areas. Like wise‚ it explores the role of power/knowledge hierarchies‚ development discourse and NGOs role in the process. Development discourse and institutions tend to marginalize and disempower the Third World ‘other’. How could one resist
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whether the contract is unconscionable‚ which includes the following: bargaining power of both parties‚ whether the consumer understood the terms in the contract‚ and whether undue influence or pressure was applied. In Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio
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Zeno Ltd [1964] 30 MLJ 314. Initially‚ Zeno Ltd‚ the respondent company entered into an agreement with a contractor named Ahmad‚ who had also secured contracts from the Petaling Jaya Authority for the construction of culverts. Under the contract‚ Zeno Ltd was the supplier of construction materials to Ahmad. They bought the materials and delivered to the construction site. Afterward‚ Ahmad’s contracts with Petaling Jaya Authority were cancelled due to the conflicts between them. Zeno Ltd informed
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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 Hall Farm Ltd. In 1946‚ the
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In this recent Ninth Circuit case the issues centered on compatibility between video games. Accolade copied a Sega video game to obtain compatibility with the Sega Genesis game system. Accolade decompiled the machine readable object code from a Sega game in order to achieve compatibility with the Sega system for games that it wished to independently create and market. Accolade then created a manual containing only the functional specifications of this decompiled code and not any of Sega’s actual
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