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In terms of defamation liability, members of the United States Congress enjoy an
absolute privilege when they are speaking on the floor of the Senate or the House of
Representatives.
Criteria used to make employment decisions that have a disparate impact on women,
such as height requirements, must be job-related.
Consequential damages are available to the buyer but not to the seller.
Administrative regulations generally do not have the force of a statute.
An unincorporated association cannot sue or be sued in its own name.
Once a mark is registered in accordance with federal law, the holder of the mark has the
exclusive right to use the mark in perpetuity.
Discriminatory and punitive incapacities have largely disappeared.
The NLRA prohibits discrimination against employees for engaging in union activities
even if they are warned of the possible consequences of their union activities.
When a suretyship or guaranty contract is entered into after and separate from the
original transaction, there must be new consideration for the promise of the guarantor.
If an instrument is drawn in favor of an officer of a named corporation, the instrument
is payable to the corporation, the officer, or any successor to such officer.
Certain persons cannot make contracts that will bind them.
A principal is not bound by statements made by an agent during the transaction of
business that is within the scope of the agent's authority.
Employers may avoid liability for "hostile work environment" sexual harassment by
following a program that includes expressing strong disapproval of such conduct,
advising employees how to inform the employer of complaints, and disciplining
wrongdoers.
Collective bargaining contracts govern the rights of employers and employees only in
public sectors of employment.
The assignee of a partner's interest in the partnership becomes a partner only with the
consent of the other partners.
Payment by check is a conditional payment.
Homeowner's insurance is a combination of the standard fire insurance policy and
comprehensive personal liability insurance.
The UCC permits a court to refuse to enforce a sales contract that it finds to be
unconscionable.
Bearer paper may only be negotiated by the actual transfer of possession of the
instrument.
