University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: April 5‚ 2015 TO: Michael Carrozzo FROM: Tennile Massey RE: Niskanen‚ W. A. (2005). Congress Should Repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6624 Melvin‚ S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS This article is about
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| Tort Actions | Week 3 Law 421 | | David Tiffany UOP | Shalandrea Jones | October 29‚ 2012 | Torts are civil laws that are broken and are rules for lawsuits. When these rules are broken they can result in injury and harm this is usually the basis for the claim. Torts are punishable by imprisonment but in most cases tort law is to provide relief for damages and to stop others from doing the same thing
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Law 421/Week Two What are the elements of negligence? How does an intentional tort differ from negligence? Provide examples. Intentional torts can be described as deliberate acts to harm someone. Negligence can be described to deliberately choose not to act in order to fix a problem which ultimately results in someone being harmed. There are several elements that need to be present in order for a claim to be considered negligence (Melvin‚ 2011). According to our text these elements need to be present
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Discussion Questions One LaShanda Prejean LAW 421 Peter Derouen March 5‚ 2013 Discussion Questions One 1. To what extent does succession planning—such as for wills‚ estates‚ and trusts—affect business? How might these legal topics interact with your current or past job or industry? Every company succession plan carries the three bases that are will‚ trust and estate. The will‚ trust and estate provided a financial security and help plan the future. The purpose
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Article Review-Part A Lora Carr LAW/421 July 29‚ 2013 Joseph Sette Article Review-Part A The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was put in to place as a way of preventing and deterring future accounting fraud‚ protecting shareholders‚ and increasing confidence in public company financial reporting. However‚ SOX has imposed tremendous new duties and costs on public companies and accounting firms. Some individuals may call it an object failure while SOX hoped to create more confidence in capital
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Learning Team Weekly Reflection Law/421 University of Phoenix In Week one of Contemporary Business Law‚ Team A learned about substantive‚ procedural‚ criminal‚ civil‚ common‚ and statutory law. In the reading assignments for week one‚ we discerned the differences that separate the laws and how the courts enforce the laws. Corporations and businesses are awarded protections under the Amendments to the
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The Gap is a clothing company that specializes in contemporary‚ urban clothing with a mid-range pricing scheme. They have stores located all over the globe in countries such as the United States‚ Canada‚ France‚ Germany‚ Japan and the United Kingdom. Gap was founded in 1969 by a real estate developer who was in search of a well-organized and well-stocked jeans store. The store was named after "the generation gap" and originally sold Levis jeans. In 1974‚ they developed their own private clothing
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bribes. The fact that bribes are hidden and undisclosed is a direct indicator that an illegal act is being pursued. This typically means that a company’s financial statement has been falsified. Under Sarbanes Oxley this is a violation of the securities law. Later that year Wal-Mart officials signed off on a false investigation into these alleged bribes. CEO Mike Duke‚ head of the company’s international operations at that time‚ and other top executives were informed of the bribes and the false investigation
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six different types of law‚ which are: substantive‚ procedural‚ criminal‚ civil‚ common and statutory. In all cases certain US Constitution amendments must be applied in order to protect the rights of the business or organization. Discussion Criminal law is the portion of the law that deals with legal punishments of criminal defences. Whereas‚ civil law deals with disputes between individuals‚ organizations in which compensation is awarded to the victim. Criminal law cases are dealt with by governmental
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There are many different versions of Windows operating systems and software. Each has a different ability or use as the technology for each was increased and or changed over time as each was used. Some of the major versions of Windows include: Windows Server 2003‚ Windows Server 2008‚ Windows 200‚ Windows XP‚ Windows Vista‚ and Windows 7. These versions all have some similarities as well as differences that make them separate from each other. The following paragraphs will lists some of the comparisons
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