The Law And Business Administration In Canada 15th Edition J.E. Smyth, Dan Soberman, Alex Easson, Shelley McGill - Solutions

10. How does the requirement of “consent” for collection, use, and disclosure of personal information differ in the public and private sectors?
9. What steps should be followed by a business considering outsourcing data processing to an American company?
8. How does inadequate security expose business to civil and possibly criminal liability?
7. Does a common law tort of invasion of privacy exist in Canada?
6. What test does a court apply to determine if a privacy-invasive activity is reasonable?
5. What federal legislation protects personal information held in the private sector, and what does this statute require businesses to do?
4. What federal legislation protects privacy in the public sector, and how is compliance monitored?
3. What is the standard of protection that the Charter gives to privacy?
2. What is the constitutional basis for declaring the right to privacy a human right?
1. What are the three key components of modern privacy?
13. In what ways does the internet facilitate illegal activities?
12. Why are non-governmental organizations important to ecommerce?
11. How does Canada protect an individual’s privacy in ecommerce transactions?
10. What factors influence jurisdiction over an internet libel case?
9. What is the level-of-interactivity test?
8. What are the legal consequences of violating Canada’s anti-spam legislation?
7. How can a domain name infringe some other person’s trademark?
6. What is ecash?
5. Are internet service providers exposed to liability when users infringe copyright? Or violate anti-spam legislation?
4. Why is it important to ascertain which legal system governs a contract?
3. How has legislation addressed the formation of contracts made over the internet?
2. What is a click-wrap agreement?
1. What contracts are normally involved in establishing a business website?
24. In what way is Chapter 11 of the NAFTA novel and how would the pending USMCA impact Chapter 11?
23. Explain how the softwood lumber dispute demonstrates both the strengths and the weaknesses in the WTO and NAFTA dispute resolution processes.
22. How are disputes resolved within the WTO? Within the NAFTA?
21. What are the principal advantages of commercial arbitration as opposed to litigation?
20. What is meant by “forum non conveniens”?
19. What is “forum shopping”? Why is it considered objectionable?
18. What purposes are normally served by bilateral investment protection treaties?
17. What are “performance requirements”?
16. Distinguish between (a) a branch, (b) a subsidiary, and (c) a joint venture.
15. Distinguish between portfolio (capital) investment and direct investment.
14. Distinguish between most-favoured-nation treatment and national treatment.
13. What are TRIMs?
12. What is the relationship between the GATT and the WTO?
11. What are countervailing duties?
10. What is dumping?
9. What is meant by “non-tariff barriers”? Give examples.
8. In what ways do governments attempt to promote exports? Are export subsidies permissible?
7. How can services be exported?
6. What is the purpose of foreign exchange risk management?
5. What documentation is usually involved in an international sale of goods?
4. What are “Incoterms”? Give examples.
3. What is meant by the “proper law of the contract”?
2. Distinguish between public international law and private international law.
1. Distinguish between foreign trade and foreign investment.
16. How do the business corporations statutes protect creditors of corporations?
15. Whose interests are protected by a builders’ lien?
14. What is the purpose of a “holdback” under builders’ lien legislation?
13. What is the aim of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act?
12. How does a bankrupt become “discharged”?
11. What is a “preferred creditor”? What are the principal categories of preferred claims?
10. What special right does an unpaid seller of goods have when the buyer is bankrupt?
9. What is a “transfer under value”?
8. Distinguish between an arm’s length and non-arm’s length transaction preference.
7. Distinguish between an act of bankruptcy and a bankruptcy offence.
6. What is the effect, in bankruptcy law, of a proposal?
5. What is the difference between an assignment and a bankruptcy order?
4. How is a “consumer debtor” defined?
3. Distinguish between a bankrupt and an insolvent person.
2. What are the functions of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, the Official Receiver, and the Trustee in Bankruptcy?
1. What objectives does the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act seek to achieve?
17. How is a security interest protected under the Bank Act?
16. What types of loan receive special protection under the Bank Act?
15. What allowance is made for a consumer buying goods from a seller in the business of selling those goods?
14. What is a “purchase-money security interest,” and why is it given special priority?
13. What does it mean that a security interest must be “perfected”?
12. What is the function of a “financing statement”?
11. How is priority determined in the PPSA system?
10. What is a “floating charge”?
9. How can a creditor obtain a security interest in property that the debtor does not yet possess?
8. What is the principal difference between a conditional sale agreement and a chattel mortgage?
7. Distinguish between a chattel mortgage and a pledge.
6. What is an “acceleration clause”?
5. Why is a lease of personal property commonly treated as a security interest?
4. What are the principal types of security interest?
3. In what way do security devices act as an incentive to repay one’s debts?
2. Why might a creditor choose not to take security for a debt?
1. What is meant by “collateral security”?
14. Who may perform an audit for a public corporation?
13. What standard of care and skill is expected of corporate directors in relation to environmental offences?
12. Does the principle of limited liability protect a director from criminal liability in the course of performing her duties?
11. Can a corporation be convicted of a criminal offence? How?
10. What is the difference between strict liability and absolute liability?
9. What liability is triggered by a false or misleading prospectus?
8. What is a prospectus? Offering memorandum?
7. What are the principal objectives of securities legislation?
6. Why are there restrictions against a corporation returning capital to its shareholders?
5. Are there any restrictions on a corporation paying dividends to its shareholders?
4. What are the possible legal consequences when a false statement is made in a prospectus?
3. Can a corporation adopt a pre-incorporation contract? What is the effect of its purporting to do so?
2. Is a person dealing with a corporation expected to know the contents of the corporation’s articles of incorporation or its bylaws?
1. What is meant by the “indoor management rule”?
27. What matters are commonly dealt with in shareholder agreements? Why?
26. What are the principal differences between the “just and equitable” winding-up procedure and the oppression remedy?
25. Explain the “appraisal remedy” and the “derivative action.”
24. Describe the relationship between shareholders and the company’s auditors.
23. Do shareholders owe any duty to their corporation?
22. What are a corporation’s “documents of record”?

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