Business Law Help for College and University Students

E-commerce - long-term impact of electronic contracting

E-commerce is growing by leaps and bounds, propelling business further into the information age with each passing day. People just like you and me clicked our mouse and purchased approximately $10 billion in merchandise during 1999. The U. S. Department of Commerce forecasts Internet retailing will exceed $50 billion within the ...continues

Contracts

You are still working for the City of Bigtown's Counsel, and it seems that your work largely involves shooting down the mayor's "creative" ideas to boost tourism. He is taken with the idea of an advertising campaign developed around auctioning Bigtown on eBay! He thinks that no one will take the auction seriously but that people ...continues

Business Law Questions on Contracts, Fraud and Forgery

1. First Web Bank, an online financial institution, keeps financial information about its customers. To review this information, the U.S. Department of Justice must first obtain a. a warrant only b. the customers’ permission only c. a warrant or the customers’ permission d. none of the above 2. Guy issues a check drawn ...continues

Complete the following 3 problems

1). Years ago, New York law required that every taxicab company carry $10,000 of accident liability insurancer for each cab in its fleet. The purpose of the law was to ensure that paaengers and pedestrians injured by cabs operated by these companies would be adequately compensated for their injuries. At that time, Jay Colton o ...continues

BUG Inc. Case study

Scenario: BUG, Inc., a company based in Any State, U.S.A., designs, manufactures, and sells electronic recording devises. These devices are used by law enforcement agencies (police, FBI, etc.) to intercept and record sounds and voices. The equipment taps into telephone wires, cell phone transmissions, and picks up sounds and voi ...continues

International/World Court

The International Court of Justice (The World Court), located at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands), was established in conjunction with the United Nations in 1946. The World Court has two primary functions: (1) settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes brought to it by individual countries and (2) ...continues

UCITA

Uniform Law for Computer Info Transactions is Offered National Law Journal, August 30, 1999. After more than 10 years of proposals, revisions and re-revisions, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) at long last voted to adopt the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) on July ...continues

Bankruptcy

During the decade of the 1990s, business and personal bankruptcies soared. This happened in spite of the greatest economic boom in US history. It was also a boom time for lawyers specializing in the intricacies of bankruptcy law. In 1998, a record 1.4 million businesses and individuals filed for protection under the bankruptcy c ...continues

Matching Tort Matrix

Differentiate between intentional torts against persons, intentional torts against property, and torts based on negligence. Use the text book to help you find answers. Example Check box for each example under the category that fits it best (a) Intentional Torts Against Persons (B)Intentional Torts Against Property (C) ...continues

3 questions

1) Do you think adopting the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was necessary (einers, 2006)? Please explain. 2)How is international business affected by U. S. trade laws? Who do these laws protect? Do you think they rae necessary? Please explain. 3) What is the impact of electronic commerce on the entire United States lega ...continues