LGS 200 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following is a correct statement regarding forum-selection?
- Forum shopping is encouraged in state court, but not in federal court.
- Courts generally frown upon forum shopping.
- Forum shopping is encouraged in federal court, but not in state court.
- Assuming that a party has standing to sue, he or she will be allowed to engage in
forum shopping.
- As a general rule, adults are allowed to engage in forum shopping, while minors are
not. - ✔✔Courts generally frown upon forum shopping.
✔✔Zippo Manufacturing Company sued Zippo Dot Com, Inc. in U.S. District Court for
what kind of infringement?
trademark
brand
patent
copyright
symbol - ✔✔trademark
✔✔Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the functions of
administrative agencies?
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates radio and television
broadcasting.
- The Uniform Communications Commission (UCC) regulates radio and television
broadcasting.
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates the issuance and trading of
securities.
, - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces federal tort law.
- The Uniform Commerce Commission (UCC) enforces federal antitrust and consumer
protection law. - ✔✔The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates radio
and television broadcasting.
✔✔_____ law is law that an administrative agency enforces.
Substantive
Primary
Procedural
Equity
Secondary - ✔✔Substantive
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true about contingency fees?
- If the lawyer does not win or settle the case in the client's favor, the client must pay the
attorney's hourly rate.
- Expenses for expert witnesses and the like are deducted from the gross amount
recovered.
- Contingency fees normally range from 20 to 50 percent of the award or settlement,
with the average being about 35 to 40 percent.
- Contingency-fee arrangements are often used in automobile accident lawsuits,
medical malpractice claims, product liability lawsuits, and other personal injury lawsuits.
- Under a contingency-fee arrangement, the lawyer receives a percentage of the
amount recovered by winning or settling a case. - ✔✔If the lawyer does not win or settle
the case in the client's favor, the client must pay the attorney's hourly rate.
✔✔What is a retainer?
- The hourly rate paid to a lawyer for their services.
- A government appointed attorney for defendants who cannot otherwise afford one.
- A private attorney hired by the defendant in a criminal case.
- An arrangement where the lawyer receives a percentage of the amount recovered by
winning or settling a case.
- An amount deposited by the client before the lawyer proceeds, against which the
lawyer's fees and other expenses are charged. - ✔✔An amount deposited by the client
before the lawyer proceeds, against which the lawyer's fees and other expenses are
charged.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following is a correct statement regarding forum-selection?
- Forum shopping is encouraged in state court, but not in federal court.
- Courts generally frown upon forum shopping.
- Forum shopping is encouraged in federal court, but not in state court.
- Assuming that a party has standing to sue, he or she will be allowed to engage in
forum shopping.
- As a general rule, adults are allowed to engage in forum shopping, while minors are
not. - ✔✔Courts generally frown upon forum shopping.
✔✔Zippo Manufacturing Company sued Zippo Dot Com, Inc. in U.S. District Court for
what kind of infringement?
trademark
brand
patent
copyright
symbol - ✔✔trademark
✔✔Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the functions of
administrative agencies?
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates radio and television
broadcasting.
- The Uniform Communications Commission (UCC) regulates radio and television
broadcasting.
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates the issuance and trading of
securities.
, - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces federal tort law.
- The Uniform Commerce Commission (UCC) enforces federal antitrust and consumer
protection law. - ✔✔The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates radio
and television broadcasting.
✔✔_____ law is law that an administrative agency enforces.
Substantive
Primary
Procedural
Equity
Secondary - ✔✔Substantive
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true about contingency fees?
- If the lawyer does not win or settle the case in the client's favor, the client must pay the
attorney's hourly rate.
- Expenses for expert witnesses and the like are deducted from the gross amount
recovered.
- Contingency fees normally range from 20 to 50 percent of the award or settlement,
with the average being about 35 to 40 percent.
- Contingency-fee arrangements are often used in automobile accident lawsuits,
medical malpractice claims, product liability lawsuits, and other personal injury lawsuits.
- Under a contingency-fee arrangement, the lawyer receives a percentage of the
amount recovered by winning or settling a case. - ✔✔If the lawyer does not win or settle
the case in the client's favor, the client must pay the attorney's hourly rate.
✔✔What is a retainer?
- The hourly rate paid to a lawyer for their services.
- A government appointed attorney for defendants who cannot otherwise afford one.
- A private attorney hired by the defendant in a criminal case.
- An arrangement where the lawyer receives a percentage of the amount recovered by
winning or settling a case.
- An amount deposited by the client before the lawyer proceeds, against which the
lawyer's fees and other expenses are charged. - ✔✔An amount deposited by the client
before the lawyer proceeds, against which the lawyer's fees and other expenses are
charged.
