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Understanding Business And Personal Law, Student Edition (BROWN: UNDER BUS & PERS LAW) 1st Edition McGraw-Hill Education - Solutions
Are first cousins related by affinity?
Is a marriage between first cousins legal?
Can a 15-year-old girl marry without her parents’consent?
Under the Court’s decision, can a conclusory statement in a proxy solicitation be considered materially misleading within the meaning of SEC 14a-9?
What does SEC Rule 14a-9 address?
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission, and what is the source of its authority?
What is a proxy?
Compare the reasons given for choosing the businesses. Is there similarity among the reasons? If so, what is it?
Is there any relationship among the three types of products? If so, what is it?
What products were the top three businesses selling?
Respond When a corporation ends, why must you report the event to the government?
Question Is it the government’s responsibility to protect the environment from pollution? Why or why not?
Connect Can you think of a company that has not been able to expand because of the antitrust laws that are in place?
Predict Do you think the growth and expansion of a business could actually reduce competition? Explain your answer.
Develop a timeline of events that you think helped cause this event.
Research the days leading up to October 12.
True Intent Irwin Lampert, Leonard Levy, and Paul Scuderi purchased more than 12 percent of General Aircraft’s stock. Because the purchase exceeded 5 percent, they filed the SEC form required by the Williams Act, stating that the purchase was for investment purposes only. For the next year,
Preferred Treatment After being hired to build homes, the Centex-Winston Corporation contracted to purchase lumber, for resale, from Edward Hines Lumber Company. Hines consistently failed to deliver orders on time due to its preferential treatment of several Centex-Winston competitors.
The directors of the Mount Vernon Research Corporation sold tracts of land in its diamond mines under a series of land contracts. In return, the purchaser of each tract of land would be entitled to a return on his or her investment based on the yearend profits and in proportion to the number of
Swallow & Ascot Books, Inc., a large children’s book publisher, owns three percent of Pyatt, Inc., a leading comic-book publisher. Swallow decides to launch a takeover bid, with Pyatt as the target.Swallow offers the Pyatt shareholders $34 per share. The current market value is $22 per share.
Janet Juliano, an owner of stock in a corporation that merged with another corporation, claims she was not notified of the merger until after it was completed. Is this likely?Explain the usual procedure in a merger, and how a shareholder would be involved in the process.
Weldon Sackman and Frank Chandler are competitors and the only two farm equipment dealers in the county. They make an agreement to divide the county’s territory, raise prices, and stop competing. If one breaches the agreement, may the other sue for breach of contract? Explain your answer.
Ilsa Garthwaite owns Future-graphics, Inc.a fashion-design business specializing in creating clothing for the super rich. She asks four of her best clients to choose a season’s clothing line to sponsor. She suggests that each contribute $1 million and explains that the return on the investment
Do you think Lewis make the right decision? Why or why not?
What impact would Lewis’s decision have had on both companies, their owners(shareholders), and their employees?
Assuming that Morse’s company would have been dismantled and sold after the takeover, what effect might Lewis’s decision have had?
The advantages or disadvantages of the merger to the shareholders.
Problems or issues that occurred during the merger process.
The circumstances surrounding the merger.
Why might a corporation resist a suitor’s attempt to take over the business through stock acquisition?
What are the two ways that a shareholder can make money on his or her investment in a corporation?
How does a merger differ from a consolidation?
What is a prospectus?
What was one of the major causes of the stock market crash of 1929?
Does the dissolution of a LLC stop the business of the LLC? Explain.
How are takeover bids regulated?
What are the responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
What are the four major federal antitrust laws? Give a brief description of what each law does.
Check your partner’s work and correct any mistakes that he or she made.
Exchange puzzles with another student and solve each other’s puzzles.
Create a crossword puzzle using all of the key terms. Be sure to include an answer key.
What are the circumstances under which a limited liability company can dissolve?
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary dissolution of a corporation?
What is the difference between a suitor and a target?
What is a tender offer?
What are the differences among a merger, an asset acquisition, and a stock acquisition?
What are the statutes that regulate energy and the environment?
What are the two statutes that regulate the sale of securities?
What are the differences among a merger, an asset acquisition, and a stock acquisition?
What statutes regulate antitrust activities?
What two statutes regulate the sale of securities?
What is the source of the federal government’s power to regulate business?
Respond Do you think there is a temptation for directors to take a lucrative business opportunity for themselves?Explain your answer.
Question Why do you think the courts give a liberal interpretation to the duty of due care?
Connect Do you own any stock? If not, do you think you will one day? Why or why not?
Predict What do you think might happen if the board of directors began to dictate the day-to-day operations of the business?
Prepare a chart, spreadsheet, or other visual explaining your findings.
Find out the names, titles, and occupations of the board of directors.
Research a major corporation.
Duty of Loyalty Norman Reisig, a shareholder in Normat Industries, Inc., became suspicious when company president Matthew Carter indicated continuing construction delays on a major condominium project. He discovered that the company owed more than $25,000 in construction fees, despite a recent loan
Internal Remedies Several shareholder derivative suits were brought by shareholders against the directors and officers of Public Service Company of New Hampshire to halt construction of a nuclear power plant. Robert Markewich wrote several letters of complaint to the board. Denied a personal
The directors of Bibliotech, Inc. decided to raise funds to save their failing corporation by creating a subsidiary and selling shares.Unknown to investors, all the subsidiary’s money would go directly into Bibliotech.When the subsidiary fails, will the investors have a cause of action against
Oberlander Film Processing, Inc. recovers silver from used photographic negatives.Patricia Robinson, CEO of Oberlander, owns a photography studio that sells used negatives to Oberlander. Justine Shepherd, a shareholder in Oberlander, discovers that the CEO is overcharging the corporation for the
Margie Fairfield, Louis Delaney, and Loretta Jacubekz are minority shareholders in Shelby Aluminum Corp. To consolidate their voting power, they decide to form a voting trust that would last for 25 years.They do not put the deal in writing or tell anyone at corporate headquarters. Have these
Marcia Quonset purchases 200 shares of common stock in Enright International, Inc. She becomes upset when she learns that Enright intends to close several plants.What options are available to her, besides exercising her voting power or bringing a suit against the managers?
When the dividend is paid on August 25, Chuck claims it belongs to him.Is he correct? Explain you answer.
Josephine sells her shares to Chuck McManis on August
Josephine Sackman owns 50 shares of stock in Sinclair Industries, Inc. Sinclair declares a dividend on August
Why or why not?
Will the business judgment rule protect Yvette?
Write a one-page paper comparing your school district’s operation to that of a corporation.
Create a poster showing how it operates.
Research the structure of the school district you attend.
Describe the exception to the corporate opportunity doctrine.
Why are the elections of corporate officers often staggered by corporate bylaws?
What is a voting trust?
Under what circumstances might a corporation decide not to issue a dividend?
What is the insider trading rule? Give two examples.
Identify the people with legal responsibility for the acts (civil and criminal) of the business organization. What are the duties of directors and officers?
Describe the two types of suits a shareholder might bring against a corporation.
Are all shareholders individuals? Explain your answer.
What is the difference between a membermanaged LLC and a manager-managed LLC?
What is the corporate opportunity doctrine?
What is the fairness rule?
How can shareholders exercise their right to vote their shares?
What rights do shareholders possess?
What is a corporate officer?
What is a corporate director?
What is the fairness rule?
What rights do corporate shareholders possess?
What responsibilities do corporate officers have?
What do corporate directors do in relation to corporate management?
Respond Explain the doctrine known as“piercing the corporate veil.”
Question Can you explain the difference between public and private corporations?
Connect Do you own stock in a corporation? If so, what is the name of the corporation in which you own stock?
Predict Why do you think 90 percent of all business in the United States is done by corporations?
Does bankruptcy always cause a business to dissolve? Explain your answer.
What are some of the different kinds of bankruptcy, and in what ways do they apply or not apply to the different types of businesses?
Personal Assets In his role as a promoter for a new business, Spence purchased an employment agency from Huffman. The new corporation never generated enough money to pay Huffman. As a result, Huffman elected to sue Spence directly to obtain payment. Spence argued that his personal assets should not
Choosing a Corporate Name Legal Aid Services, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit organization providing free legal services. Four years later, American Legal Aid, Inc. was incorporated as a for-profit legal insurance corporation selling memberships to subscribers. When American Legal Aid began an
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