EBC I‚ INC.‚ Formerly Known as eTOYS‚ INC.‚ by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ Respondent‚ v. GOLDMAN‚ SACHS & CO.‚ Appellant. Court of Appeals of the State of New York. 5 N.Y.3d 11 (2005) Before Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH‚ ROSENBLATT‚ GRAFFEO and R.S. SMITH concur with Judge CIPARICK. Judge READ dissents in part in a separate opinion. OPINION OF THE COURT CIPARICK‚ J. Plaintiff‚ the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ formerly known
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M&M’s History M&M’s has created a market share that has yet been unmatched by the competition. In 2004‚ M&M’s achieved an impressive $201 million in candy sales in the U.S. alone‚ making it the number one selling bagged or boxed chocolate candy in the country‚ beating out its nearest competitor‚ Hershey’s Kisses (Candy Industry). The success of M&M’s is due to many factors such as attractive and unique advertisements and promotions‚ customer participation and feedback defining the produced output
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1. 4–3. Business Torts. Medtronic‚ Inc.‚ is a medical technology company that competes for customers with St. Jude Medical S.C.‚ Inc. James Hughes worked for Medtronic as a sales manager. His contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving Medtronic. Hughes sought a position as a sales director for St. Jude. St. Jude told Hughes that his contract with Medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. Hughes accepted. Medtronic filed a suit‚ alleging wrongful interference
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Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Linda Ray Webster University Abstract Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services is a sexual discrimination case in which the Fifth Circuit court ruled in the case of the defendant Sundowner Offshore Services that same sex discrimination was not pursuable under Title VII. The US Supreme Court reversed that decision by stating that any discrimination based on sex is actionable so long at it places the victim
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Billy Mitchell: A Critical Analysis of His Leadership Billy Mitchell was a visionary airpower pioneer who demonstrated very effective leadership in field operations‚ but his inability to develop a guiding coalition limited his effectiveness in leading the major organizational change he so desperately desired. General Mitchell was a famous‚ some would say infamous‚ airpower thinker who some regard as the father of the United States Air Force.1 Born into a wealthy family and the son of a Wisconsin
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The Samaritan Woman John 4: 1-26 As Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman he met at the well in Sychar‚ which was next to the field that Jacob gave to Joseph‚ he desired to do more than to just demonstrate the intellectual superiority of the Jewish position over the Samaritans.(This statement assures us that it is not our place to Judge others. It was a known fact that the Jewish people did not lower themselves to speak to the Samaritan people‚ but Jesus did.) He wished to give a new life to this
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The Just and Unjust About Homelessness Don Mitchell (2007‚ 45) in Axiom 6 presents the idea that “landscape is the spatial form that social justice takes.” In another work‚ “Homelessness‚ American Style‚” Mitchell argues that “[T]o speak of ‘homelessness’ is to speak of how social relations are organized (2011‚ 933). Justice can be defined as an act that is free of discrimination. On the other hand‚ injustice can be defined as an act of discrimination. The use of spatial forms can create justice
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PGA TOUR‚ INC. V. MARTIN (2000) A brief overview of the case: Should a golfer with a congenital leg disease have the right to use a golf cart in professional golf tournaments? In the case of PGA Tour‚ Inc. v. Martin (2000)‚ the justices of the US Supreme Court disagreed. Their disagreement turned in part on competing views about whether walking the course is essential to the game of golf. To what extent does the debate about using golf carts call into question the athletic nature of golf and the
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1. Can you (or Mr. Yourprop’s supervisor) search Yourprop’s personal vehicle currently parked in the Company parking lot for digital evidence? Support your answer. a. Pursuant to the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ Mr. Yourprop and all other employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy which would prevent me and his supervisor from freely searching his vehicle. The easiest and most efficient way that would prevent questions of immiscibility in court and protect the company from legal
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Name: Lei Chen Course : ACCT 362W Prof: Kenneth Ryesky Esq. Date: 11/4/2010 Case Caption: United States v. Dentsply International‚ Inc.‚ Court: United States of Appeals‚ Third Circuit. Date: Argued September 21‚ 2004. February 24‚ 2005 Citation: 399 F.3d 181 Facts: This is an antitrust case that the defendant- Dentsply international‚ Inc.‚ is one of a dozen manufactures of artificial teeth for dentures and other restorative device. Dentsply dominates
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