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Author: Roger Meiners, Al Ringleb, Frances Edwards
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The Legal Environment of Business 13th Table of contents:
Part One. Elements of Law andthe Judicial Process
1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
1-1. Law and the Key Functions of the Legal System
1-1a. Improving Social Stability by Influencing Behavior
1-1b. Conflict Resolution
1-1c. Social Stability and Change
1-2. Sources of Law in the United States
1-2a. Constitutions
1-2b. Legislatures and Statutes
1-2c. Administrative Agencies and Regulations
1-2d. The Judiciary and Common Law
1-2e. The Executive
1-2f. International Sources of Law
1-3. Classifications of Law
1-3a. Public and Private Law
1-3b. Civil and Criminal Law
1-3c. Substantive and Procedural Law
1-4. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
1-4a. Ethics, Integrity, Morality, and the Law
1-4b. Perceptions of Ethics and Responses
1-4c. Ethics Codes and Compliance Programs
1-4d. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
2. The Court Systems
2-1. The Court Systems
2-1a. Federal Judges
2-1b. State Judges
2-1c. Judicial Immunity
2-1d. Organization of the Court Systems
2-2. The Federal Courts
2-2a. Federal District Courts
2-2b. Federal Appellate Courts
2-2c. Specialized Federal Courts
2-2d. U.S. Supreme Court
2-3. The State Courts
2-3a. State Courts of Original Jurisdiction
2-3b. State Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction
2-3c. Rules of Civil Procedure
2-4. Jurisdiction
2-4a. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
2-4b. Personal Jurisdiction
2-4c. Jurisdiction over Property
2-5. Relations between the Court Systems
2-5a. Exclusive Jurisdiction
2-5b. Concurrent Jurisdiction
2-5c. Applying the Appropriate Law in Federal Court
2-5d. Applying the Appropriate Law in State Court
2-6. Venue
2-6a. Change of Venue
2-6b. Forum Non Conveniens
3. Trials and Resolving Disputes
3-1. Basic Trial Procedures
3-1a. Pleadings Stage
3-1b. Responses to the Complaint
3-1c. Discovery Stage: Obtaining Information before Trial
3-1d. Trial Stage
3-1e. Remedies in Civil Litigation
3-1f. Appellate Stage
3-1g. Enforcement Stage
3-2. Alternate Dispute Resolution
3-2a. Arbitration
3-2b. The Arbitration Agreement
3-2c. Negotiation
3-2d. Mediation
4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
4-1. The Commerce Clause
4-1a. The Necessary and Proper Clause
4-1b. Defining “Commerce among the Several States”
4-1c. Federal and State Regulatory Relations
4-2. The Taxing Power
4-2a. Federal Taxation
4-2b. State Taxation
4-3. Business and Free Speech
4-3a. Business and Political Speech
4-3b. Business and Commercial Speech
4-4. Other Key Parts of the Bill of Rights
4-4a. Right to Bear Arms
4-4b. Unreasonable Search and Seizure
4-4c. Self-incrimination
4-4d. Just Compensation
4-4e. Right to Trial
4-4f. Excessive Fines
4-5. Fourteenth Amendment
4-5a. Due Process
4-5b. Equal Protection
5. Criminal Law and Business
5-1. Crime
5-2. Crime Categories
5-2a. Types of Felonies
5-2b. Lesser Offenses
5-3. Crimes and Elements of Crime
5-3a. Standard for Conviction
5-3b. Constitutional Right: Fifth Amendment
5-4. Defenses
5-4a. Evidence
5-5. Prosecution Process
5-5a. Arraignment
5-5b. Discovery
5-5c. Trial
5-6. White-Collar Crime
5-6a. Business Implications from Money Laundering
5-7. Sentencing Guidelines and Compliance
Part Two. Elements of TraditionalBusiness Law
6. Elements of Torts
6-1. Torts and the Legal System
6-1a. Business and Torts
6-1b. Role of Tort Law
6-2. Negligence-Based Torts
6-2a. Duty of Care
6-2b. Causation
6-2c. Evolving Changes in the Law of Negligence
6-2d. Defenses to a Negligence Action
6-3. Intentional Torts against Persons
6-3a. Establishing Intent
6-3b. Assault
6-3c. Battery
6-3d. False Imprisonment
6-3e. Infliction of Mental Distress
6-3f. Invasion of Privacy
6-3g. Defamation
7. Business Torts and Product Liability
7-1. Tort Law and Business
7-1a. Fraud
7-1b. Interference with Contract
7-2. Product Liability
7-2a. Consumer Products and Negligence
7-2b. Strict Liability under Contract Law
7-2c. Strict Liability in Tort
7-2d. Primary Areas of Product Liability Law
7-2e. Defenses in Product Liability Suits
7-2f. Statutory Limits on Liability
7-2g. Ultrahazardous Activity
8. Real and Personal Property
8-1. Real Property
8-1a. English Origins
8-1b. Deeds and Titles
8-1c. Fee Simple
8-1d. Servitudes
8-1e. Landlord and Tenants
8-1f. Commercial Leases
8-2. Public Control of Real Property
8-2a. Eminent Domain
8-2b. Police Powers
8-3. Torts against Property
8-3a. Trespass to Land
8-3b. Nuisance (Private and Public)
8-3c. Trespass to Personal Property
8-3d. Conversion
8-3e. Misappropriation
8-4. Torts against Property Owners
8-4a. Premises Liability
9. Intellectual Property
9-1. Trademarks
9-1a. Registration
9-1b. Classifications of Trademarks
9-1c. Extent of Coverage
9-1d. Infringement, Dilution, and Cybersquatting
9-1e. Counterfeiting
9-1f. Trade Dress
9-1g. Other Marks
9-1h. Trade Names
9-1i. Goodwill
9-2. Copyright
9-2a. Registration
9-2b. Infringement and Fair Use
9-3. Patents
9-3a. Lack of Global Uniformity
9-4. Trade Secrets
9-4a. Economic Espionage
10. Contracts
10-1. Contract Law
10-1a. Definition of a Contract
10-2. Elements of a Contract
10-2a. Offer and Acceptance
10-2b. Consideration
10-2c. Capacity to Contract
10-2d. Legality
10-2e. Reality and Genuineness of Consent
10-2f. Contracts in Writing and the Statute of Frauds
10-3. Performance, Discharge, and Breach of Contracts
10-3a. Performance
10-3b. Assignment and Delegation
10-3c. Breach
10-3d. Discharge by Agreement of the Parties
10-3e. Discharge by Impossibility
10-4. Remedies
10-4a. Damages
10-4b. Mitigation of Damages
10-4c. Equitable Remedies
10-4d. Restitution
10-4e. Quasi Contracts
11. Domestic and International Sales
11-1. Introduction to the UCC
11-1a. History of Commercial Law
11-1b. Application of the UCC
11-1c. Goods, Merchants, Sales, and Titles under the UCC
11-2. Forming a Sales Contract
11-2a. Intent to Contract
11-2b. Acceptance
11-2c. Contract Modifications
11-2d. Statute of Frauds
11-2e. Filling the Gaps
11-3. Performance and Obligations
11-3a. Seller’s Rights and Obligations
11-3b. Buyer’s Rights and Obligations
11-4. Sales Warranties
11-4a. Warranty of Title
11-4b. Express Warranties
11-4c. Implied Warranties
11-4d. Warranty Disclaimers
11-5. Remedies and Damages
11-5a. Seller’s Remedies
11-5b. Buyer’s Remedies
11-6. International Sales
11-6a. General Principles
11-6b. The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
11-6c. International Sales Disputes: The Dominance of Arbitration
11-6d. Full Circle
12. Business Organizations
12-1. Sole Proprietorships
12-2. Partnerships
12-2a. Forming a Partnership
12-2b. Termination of the Partnership
12-3. Limited Partnership
12-3a. Forming a Limited Partnership
12-3b. Relationship of the Parties
12-3c. Terminating a Limited Partnership
12-4. Corporations
12-4a. Creating a Corporation
12-4b. Relationship of the Parties
12-4c. Terminating the Corporation
12-4d. Close Corporation
12-4e. S Corporation
12-4f. Professional Corporations
12-4g. Benefit Corporation
12-5. Limited Liability Companies
12-5a. Method of Creation
12-5b. Personal Liability
12-5c. Relationship of the Parties
12-5d. The Continuity-of-Life Factor
12-5e. Termination
12-6. Key Organizational Features
12-6a. Limited Liability
12-6b. Transferability of Ownership Interests
12-6c. Duration
12-7. Franchises
12-7a. Types of Franchises
12-7b. The Law of Franchising
12-7c. The Franchise Agreement
13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
13-1. Negotiable Instruments
13-1a. The Functions of Negotiable Instruments
13-1b. The Concept of Negotiability
13-1c. Requirements for Negotiable Instruments
13-1d. Major Types of Negotiable Instruments
13-2. Credit
13-2a. Credit Policy
13-3. Credit with Security
13-3a. By Agreement
13-3b. Real Estate Financing
13-3c. Liens
13-4. Bankruptcy
13-4a. Personal Bankruptcy
13-4b. Chapter 7
13-4c. Chapter 13
13-4d. The Bankruptcy Proceeding
13-4e. Chapter 11
Part Three. The Employment Relationship
14. Agency and the Employment Relationship
14-1. Agency Relationships
14-1a. Classification of Agents
14-1b. Creating an Agency
14-1c. Acts for the Principal
14-1d. Duties of the Agency Parties
14-1e. Liability for Contracts
14-1f. Terminating an Agency
14-2. The Essential Employment Relationship
14-2a. Employer–Independent Contractor
14-2b. Master–Servant or Employer–Employee
14-2c. Employee Handbooks
14-2d. Evaluations
14-2e. Social Media
14-3. Tort Liability for Employers and Principals
14-3a. Principal’s Liability
15. Employment and Labor Regulations
15-1. Public Policy Limits to At-Will Employment
15-1a. Common Law and Statutory Exceptions
15-1b. Contracts in Violation of Public Policy
15-2. Substance Abuse
15-2a. A Costly Issue for Business
15-2b. Legal Issues in Drug Testing
15-2c. Employee Substance Abuse Policies
15-3. Worker Health and Safety
15-3a. Occupational Safety and Health Act
15-3b. Workers and Toxic Substances
15-4. Workers’ Compensation
15-4a. Compensation Claims
15-4b. Benefits and Incentives
15-5. Family and Medical Leave
15-5a. Integration with Employment Rules
15-6. General Regulation of Labor Markets
15-6a. Hiring Legally
15-6b. Federal Minimum Wage and Tax Requirements
15-6c. Occupational Licensure and Regulation
15-6d. Warning Employees of Plant Closings
15-6e. Employee Retirement Plans
15-7. Major Labor Relations Acts
15-7a. Norris-La Guardia Act
15-7b. Wagner Act of 1935
15-7c. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
15-7d. The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959
15-8. The National Labor Relations Board
15-8a. Unfair Labor Practice Complaints
15-8b. Pivotal Role of NLRB
15-8c. Remedies
15-9. Unionization
15-9a. Unionization Process
15-9b. Agency Shops
15-10. Collective Bargaining
15-10a. Good-Faith Bargaining
15-10b. Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining
15-10c. Concerted Activities
15-10d. Employer Economic Responses
16. Employment Discrimination
16-1. Origins of Discrimination Law
16-1a. The Civil Rights Movements
16-1b. The Equal Pay Act of 1963
16-2. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
16-2a. Protected Classes
16-2b. Age Discrimination
16-2c. Discrimination Based on Military Service
16-2d. Genetic Information Discrimination
16-3. Bringing a Discrimination Charge
16-3a. Steps in the Process
16-3b. Forms of Discrimination
16-3c. Statutory Defenses under Title VII
16-3d. Remedies in Discrimination Cases
16-4. Affirmative Action
16-4a. Executive Order 11246
16-4b. Affirmative Action as a Remedy
16-5. Disability Discrimination
16-5a. Compliance Process
16-5b. Definition of Disability
16-5c. Reasonable Accommodation
16-5d. Preemployment Guidance
Part Four. The Regulatory Environment of Business
17. The Regulatory Process
17-1. Administrative Agencies
17-1a. Creating an Administrative Agency
17-2. Administrative Law
17-2a. Rulemaking
17-2b. Types of Rules
17-2c. Rulemaking Procedure
17-3. Enforcing Rules
17-3a. Investigative Powers
17-3b. Enforcement Power
17-4. Judicial Review
17-4a. When Judicial Review Can Occur
17-4b. Scope of Judicial Review
17-5. Controls on Agencies
17-5a. Direct Controls on Agencies
17-5b. Indirect Controls on Agencies
18. Securities Regulation
18-1. The Elements of Securities
18-1a. Corporate Finance
18-1b. Origins of Securities Regulation
18-2. What Is a Security?
18-2a. Supreme Court’s Howey Test
18-3. Offering Securities to Investors
18-3a. The Registration Statement
18-3b. Review by the SEC
18-3c. Exemptions from Registration
18-4. Regulation of Securities Trading
18-4a. Regulation FD
18-4b. Proxies and Tender Offers
18-5. Securities Fraud
18-5a. Basis for Securities Fraud
18-5b. Liability for Securities Law Violations
18-5c. Liability for Misstatements
18-5d. Sarbanes-Oxley Act
18-6. Insider Trading
18-6a. SEC Prosecution
18-6b. Supreme Court Interpretation
18-6c. Insider Trading Acts
18-7. The Investment Company Act
18-7a. Investment Companies
18-7b. Mutual Funds
18-7c. Regulation of Investment Companies
18-8. The Investment Advisers Act
18-8a. Brokers and Dealers
18-9. Stock Market Regulation
18-9a. Self-Regulation of Securities Markets
18-9b. Regulations of Securities Transactions
18-9c. Arbitration of Disputes
18-9d. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
19. Consumer Protection
19-1. The FDA: Food and Drug Regulation
19-1a. Food Safety
19-1b. Nutrition Labeling
19-1c. Drug Safety
19-1d. Enforcement Activities
19-2. The FTC and Consumer Protection
19-2a. Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices
19-2b. Regulating Advertising Claims
19-2c. False Advertising and the Lanham Act
19-2d. Trade Regulation Rules
19-2e. State Deceptive Practices Laws
19-3. Consumer Credit Protection
19-3a. Truth-in-Lending Act
19-3b. Consumer Leasing Act
19-3c. Fair Credit Billing Act
19-3d. Consumer Credit Card Act
19-3e. Fair Credit Reporting Act
19-3f. Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
19-3g. Equal Credit Opportunity Act
19-3h. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
19-3i. Electronic Fund Transfer Act
19-3j. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
20. Antitrust Law
20-1. Antitrust Statutes
20-1a. The Sherman Act
20-1b. The Clayton Act
20-1c. The Federal Trade Commission Act
20-1d. Exemptions
20-1e. Remedies Available
20-1f. Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason
20-2. Monopolization
20-2a. Mergers
20-3. Horizontal Restraints of Trade
20-3a. Price Fixing
20-3b. Exchanges of Information
20-3c. Territorial Restrictions
20-4. Vertical Restraint of Trade
20-4a. Vertical Price Fixing
20-4b. Vertical Nonprice Restraints
20-4c. Exclusionary Practices
20-5. The Robinson-Patman Act
20-5a. Price Discrimination
20-5b. Defenses
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