Starbucks vs. Starbarks In this day in age‚ you would be hard pressed to find an individual – young or old – who does not recognize the name Starbucks. The coffeehouse franchise has made a worldwide name for itself; and it turns out‚ the company will go to great lengths to make sure others do not reap the same rewards. A doggie day-care in Algonquin‚ IL chose the name Starbarks and is‚ unfortunately‚ experiencing severe backlash from the multi-million coffee chain. Starbucks is prepared to
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The article I chose to write about was Cyber bullying Victims Fight Back in Lawsuits I chose Alex Boston the 14 year old girl. She decided to file a lawsuit against the two classmates bullying her on the internet. She also took a big stand and let them identify her as a victim of cyber bullying so they could raise awareness of this situation that seems to be growing around the world. Also Alex and her family reported the incident to Facebook. She is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages
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A Civil Action Paper In class‚ we have learned many important topics in the legal‚ ethical‚ and regulatory environment of business. However in the classroom setting‚ we have examined each of these topics individually. Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action allows us to see how the topics learned relate to one another in the context of a real world setting. His book provides an engaging read about the legal practice action while connecting the topics of the relationship between law‚ business‚ and ethics;
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Deloitte Sued for 7B in Mortgage Fraud Case By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Times September 26‚ 2011 MIAMI (AP) — A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte & Touche LLP‚ one of the nation’s largest accounting firms‚ should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. "They certainly did not do their job‚" said attorney Steven Thomas‚ who represents those suing Deloitte. "This is one of those cases
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June 17‚ 2014 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL: Jim Knott Easy Construction 305 Hanford Ave Richland‚ Florida 25518 Dear Mr. Knott: I am writing this letter to assist you in the understanding of an initial process of your lawsuit up to the filing of a complaint with the courts. Your lawsuit will be governed by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The following information in this letter is the process that will be followed during our preparation for your case. Once we have all the relevant information
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I do think that the lawsuit against Brianna LaHara was fair; she technically stole over a thousand songs. I do feel that it is a bit unfair that there was a law suit against a 12 year old‚ but also she needed it to be done now before she got herself into some real trouble when she was older. If it was me in this situation‚ I would just give myself over to them and confess what I did. I do not think it is a reasonable program at all. I am not one for having that fear constantly eating at the back
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Accounting for Pending Litigation and a Verdict Overturned on Appeal Our team is given the task to account for a pending litigation. We are to determine how pending litigation should be reported on the current and future financial statements. M Corporation was sued for patent infringement and we will present whether M Corporation should accrue a liability‚ disclose a liability‚ do both‚ or do nothing. The case accounting for the litigation and the subsequent overturned verdict was ongoing for
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Running head: IDENTIFIYING INFORMATION 1 Identifying Information for Lawsuit Purposes and Liability for FHA Violations Robert L. St. Claire III/Student ID 4268240 ITMG381 April 9th‚ 2014 American Military University IDENTIFYING INFORMATION 2 Ch. 10) Courts could handle these cases‚ where the company’s complaints may‚ or may not rise to the level of actionable legal claim by taking each case into major consideration from the defamatory
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business owners and stockholders. The textbook refers the case Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc.‚et al. Cipollone filed a lawsuit against Liggett group for false advertising the companies tobacco products and the effects. McDonalds has had similar lawsuits they have been sued over the companies dangerously hot coffee to being one of the reasons Americans are obese. The hot coffee lawsuit actually prompted warning labels on cup lids not only of McDonalds coffee but other vendors as well. My current place
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Cardinal sold surgical gowns that competed with Kimberly Clark’s (KC’s) MicroCool gowns but also distributed KC’s gowns. KC was suing Cardinal in a hotly contested lawsuit‚ filed in 2010. Cardinal ran tests on the MicroCool gowns and found alarmingly high failure rates. Once Cardinal showed KC the test results they settled within six weeks in 2013. No money was exchanged and as part of the settlement KC indemnified
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