An assignment of rights in real estate often cannot be prohibited.
In order to truly understand our legal system, it is important to understand the origins of
the common law tradition.
The contract term “delivery ex-ship” means that the risk of loss does not pass to the
buyer until the goods are properly unloaded from the ship or other carrier.
Best Products, Inc., hires Cole to develop and implement an e-commerce strategy for
marketing Best’s products. Cole signs a contract that includes a clause prohibiting him
from competing with Best during and after the employment. Before the strategy is
implemented, Cole resigns from Best’s employ and opens a business to compete with
Best. In Best’s suit against Cole, what is the most important factor the court should
consider in determining whether Cole should be allowed to compete with Best?
For a party to take by adverse possession, the party’s possession must not be open or
visible.
A generic term is not protected under trademark law unless it acquires a secondary
meaning.
An action may be legal but not ethical.
The loan that a lender provides to enable a borrower to purchase real property is a
mortgage.
Performance standards for major sources of air pollution require the use of the any
available technology, or AAT.
Restitution involves one party’s recapture of a benefit through which another party has
been unjustly enriched.
A person who enters into a contract when he or she is intoxicated can void the contract
if he or she did not comprehend the legal consequences.
Savory Cooking Sauces, Inc., a U.S. business firm, makes and sells distinctively
flavored cooking sauces. Although the recipes are secret, the ingredients could be
revealed and the sauces could be reconstructed with diligent efforts. What can Savory
do to prevent its products from being “decoded” and pirated abroad?
A borrower has the right to purchase the property after default by paying the full
amount of the debt, plus any interest and costs that have accrued.
A criminal case must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Downloading software or music into a computer’s random access memory without
authorization is copyright infringement.
Criminal law spells out the duties that exist between persons or between citizens and
their governments.
A husband and wife may file a joint petition for bankruptcy.
A service mark distinguishes products used, or “put into service,” by the government.
Adhering strictly to all business laws is all that is necessary to fulfill all business ethics
obligations.
There are additional disclosure requirements for a higher-priced mortgage loan.