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Classification of crimes:l felony serious crimes punishable by imprisonment for over one year or death 2 misdemeanors less serious punishable by fines or imprisonment sees than one year 3 petty offenses minor misdemeanors punishable by Jail for less than six months or small fine. Common crimes affecting business 1 robbery forceful unlawful taking of property(if no force??not robbery,theft. 2 burglary unlawful entry of building with intent to commit felony. 3 larceny secretive wrongful taking carrying away of property. 4 arson intentional burning of another’s building of property.
White collar crime 1 bribery offering giving soliciting or receiving of money or object of value for purpose of influencing Judgment or conduct of person in position of trust, offer is enough 2 extortion aka blackmail making threats for purpose of obtaining money or property 3 fraud intentional use of misrepresentation to gain advantage over another, requires 3 elements, material false representation with intent to deceive, victims reasonable reliance on false representation, damages 4 embezzlement wrongful conversion of another’s property by one who is lawfully possessing that property.
RICE racketeering influenced corrupt organizations act one of the most important tools for fighting white collar crime it prohibits persons employed by or associated with an enterprise from engaging in racketeering activity.
Constitutional safeguards amendment protection from unreasonable search and seizure, restrictions placed on warrants amendment prohibits double Jeopardy, right not to incriminate oneself, right to due process 6 amendment(crucial to ensuring fair criminal trials)right to speedy public trial by impartial Jury of peers, informed of accusations, confront witnesses,have wetness, counsel at various stages of proceedings 8 amendment no excessive bail or expose fines imposed, cruel unusual punishment 14 amendment extension of guarantee due process to all states not only fed level state IV too, extent of amendment protects due process.
CHI Tort law tort civil wrong giving injured party right to bring lawsuit against wrongdoer to recover compensation for injury, goals of tort law, compensate innocent persons injured, prevent private retaliation, reinforce vision of Just society, deter future wrongs. Intentional torts occur when defendant takes action intending that certain consequences will result or knowing they are likely to result. Negligent torts occur when the defendant fails to act in responsible way and thereby subjects others to unreasonable risk of harm.
Strict-liability torts occur when defendant takes action hat is inherently dangerous and cannot ever be undertaken safely. Intentional torts against persons: assault occurs when one person places another in fear or apprehension of immediate offensive bodily contact, battery is intentional unwanted offensive bodily contact. Defamation intentional publication (communication to 3rd party) of false statement harmful to individuals reputation. Privacy torts: false light Business Law Chi. , 8, 12 study guide By appear disclosure of private facts about a person when someone publicizes a private fact that a reasonable person would find highly offensive, appropriation for commercial main when someone uses another persons name likeness voice or other identifying characteristic for commercial gain without permission, intrusion on individuals affairs or seclusion when someone invades persons solitude seclusion or personal affairs when the person has right to expect privacy.
False imprisonment when individual is confined restrained against will for appreciable period of time. Compensatory damages award that puts the in position he would’ve been had the tort not occurred. Nominal damages minimal amount that signifies the defendants behavior was wrongful but caused no harm. Punitive damages punish defendant and deter such future conduct.
Causation is 3rd element of successful negligence claim, has 2 elements actual cause (causation in fact) defendants breach of duty resulted directly in TLS injury, proximate cause refers to the extent to which as a matter of policy a defendant may be held liable for consequences of actions, majority of states prop cause requires that defendant and injury were foreseeable at time of accident, in minority of states prop cause exists if defend actions led to TLS harm.
Superseding cause event which occurs after initial act leading to accident substantially causes accident lives from responsibility (liability) the party whose act started series of events which led to accident since original negligence is no longer the proximate cause. Negligence per SE allows Judge or Jury to infer duty and breach of duty from fact that defend violated criminal statute designed to prevent the type of harm defend incurred.
CHI 2 Intellectual property result of ones intellectual + creative efforts rather than physical efforts. Trademark distinctive mark word design picture or arrangement that is used by producer in conjunction w/ product, tends to cause consumer to identify reduce w/ producer, trademarks used in interstate commerce can be protected under Lankan act.
Copyright protects fixed form of expression of original creative idea, most common defense to allegation of CRY infringement is fair-use doctrine which provides that a portion of Card work may be reproduced for purposes of “criticism comment news reporting teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use) scholarship and research”. Patent protects product process invention machine or plant produced by asexual reproduction and meets criteria of being novel useful and invidious.
Obtaining patent under Lankan act allows holder to license use of his patented idea for royalties as long as the holder doesn’t enter into tying arrangement or cross-licensing. Trade secrets alternative to patent to protect info as TTS which allows holder to sue one who illegally takes a persons TTS if owner can prove that: a TTS actually existed, the defend acquired it thru unlawful means , defend used TTS w/o TLS permission. International protection of intellectual property IP is protected intently primarily treaties including Universal Copyright Convention, Berne Convention, Paris Convention of 1883, TRIPS agreement.