LAW 531 Final Exam

LAW 531 Final Exam As of August 2016 University of Phoenix 25/30 (83.3%) 1. Ted is the president of Soprano Corporation (SC). Ted decided to have SC manufacture large, gas- guzzling SUV automobiles just before gasoline prices rose dramatically. As a result, SC lost billions of dollars. The shareholders of SC want to sue Ted for this bad decision that cost them billions. However, Ted had made a reasonable investigation before making this decision, he had a rational basis for it, & he had no conflicts of interest regarding this decision. What would be the probable outcome if the shareholders file a suit? Ted is not liable under the business judgment rule. Ted is not liable under the corporate protection rule. Ted is liable under the various liability rule. Ted is liable under the ultra vires rule. 2. A limited partnership: May be created by default. May not have a corporation as a general partner. Dissolves when a partner dies. May be taxed either as a partnership or as a corporation 3. The board of directors of Filex Corporation, at a regular meeting of the board, entered into a contract with Ginger Grant, one of the directors. This contract called for Filex to purchase 120 acres of land from Ginger. Of the ten members on the board, eight were present at the meeting. One of the directors present was Ginger. All the other directors were disinterested in the transaction & not related to Ginger. After a lengthy discussion, six directors voted in favor of the contract & two voted against it. Ginger voted for the contract. Which of the following is true? The contract is voidable unless Ginger proves that the contract is fair to the corporation. The contract is valid since it was approved by a majority of a quorum of the board. The contract between Ginger & the corporation is illegal & invalid. The contract becomes void if the corporation proves that the contract was unfair to it. 4. Which of the following is also called “judgemade” law? Equity Uniform acts Common law Statutes 5. According to the law, crimes are statutory offenses; this essentially means that: Courts may assess punitive damages in order to punish the wrongdoer. The prevention of crime should include deterrence & rehabilitation. It must be proved that the crime is dangerous or detrimental to society. A behavior is not a crime unless a state legislature has criminalized it. 6. Gath Meat Packing Company is a meat processing business. To reduce costs & increase profits, the president & CEO of Gath orders Gath’s employees to violate federal criminal meat processing laws. The United States Department of Justice prosecutes Gath for criminal violations of the meat processing law. Has Gath committed criminal violations? Yes, because a corporation is always liable for the crimes committed by its agents. No, because the board of directors did not authorize the president & CEO or the other employees to violate federal law. No, because a corporation is not liable for most crimes committed by its agents. Yes, because the president & CEO, a high-level administrator of Gath, authorized the commission of the crimes. 7. For which of the following would a shareholder derivative action be appropriate? The shareholder has refused a request that his/her accountant be permitted to look at the corporate accounting records. The shareholder alleges that the corporation has violated the shareholder’s preemptive right. The shareholder alleges that the corporation has been paying dividends to a previous shareholder from whom the shareholder purchased his/her shares. The shareholder alleges that the board of directors has imprudently managed the corporation. 8. In which of the following cases does apparent authority arise? When a principal causes a third party to believe that the agent is authorized to act in a certain way. When a person falsely represents himself as an agent of a principal to a third party. When an agent reasonably believes that the principal wants him to act in a certain way. When a principal’s manifest consent is communicated directly to the agent. 9. Jacobs put an old typewriter in the trash. The trash collector, Land, took the typewriter, fixed it up, & sold it to Jones for $750. Jacobs contends that he is entitled to some or all of the $750 that Land received from Jones. Based on these facts: Jacobs is entitled to the $750 because Land paid Jacobs no consideration for the typewriter. Jacobs is entitled to recover the typewriter from Jones. Land is entitled to keep the full $750 because Jacobs had abandoned the typewriter. Land is entitled to the value of the improvements he made, but Jacobs is entitled to the difference between the $750 Land received & the value of the improvements Land made. 10. A plaintiff will succeed against her employer in a disparate treatment case under Title VII if she can prove that . her employer discriminates against her on the basis of race her employer does not pay her well her workload is very high her employer rarely approves of her requests for leave of absence 11. Which of the following is true of a person’s capacity to be a principal or an agent? To be an agent, a person must have the ability to make his own contracts, independent of the principal. Any duty that a principal has the capacity to perform can be delegated to an authorized agent. To be an agent, a person must have the capacity to perform non-delegable obligations for the principal. Aprincipal must have the capacity to do the acts for which the agent has been retained. 12. The typical dissolution of a corporation requires approval of the . shareholders board of directors merger company creditors of the company 13. Which of the following statements is true of copyright? Copyrights & patents last forever. Congress enacts copyright rules under the WIPO. Copyrights for work-for-hire last for 50 years. There are different copyright rules for pre- & post-1978 works.