The Importance And Cons Of Civil Law

The law of nature requires things to be in constant balance; meaning where there is good, there is bad, and inverse. The two will always overshadow each other because they cannot exist without each other. It applies to whether the law is just or unjust, because the law is always evolving with. It is evolving and adapting to the current time we are in because it was pushed and challenge by citizen in quest of trying to achieve relevance. Sometimes the law changes because of the protest from the citizens as it is being applied to them. Which leads to a consideration of the “justness” of civil disobedience as it forces people to pay attention force change to the laws.

The issue was whether there was disparate treatment based on race in the recruitment and hiring process at Target. The court also considered the issue of whether the employer’s failure to retain resumes and interview forms violated Title VII’s record retention requirements. The district court granted summary judgment to Target on both issues. Target entered into a consent decree that ended the litigation. Target agreed to pay $510,000 to the plaintiffs, revise its document-retention policies, train supervisors in legal compliance, and report on hiring decisions.

That at all times hereinafter mentioned, Plaintiff HUDSON was engaged in commerce and the corporate Defendants were enterprises engaged in commerce within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. §§ 206(a) and 207(a).

5. According to the case, why didn't the court approve summary judgment for product liability claims? (5 points)

The Andersons, Kanes, Toomeys, Zohners, Robbins and the Aufieros were the plaintiffs in the film, a Civil Action. Their case was to sue two companies (Beatrice and W.R. Grace) for dumping toxic waste into the environment. The toxic waste is trichlorethylene which is a carcinogen according to the EPA. All the families lost children due to leukaemia. “12 deaths over 15 years from leukaemia - eight of them children.”1 This case was hard to make for three reasons. One reason is that certain people are worth more than others in court, and children (especially dead ones) are not worth very much. “a dead child is worth least of all.”1 The second reason

He has been in a dispute with Citibank for six years. What began as an overdraft fee in his checking account has turned into a nightmare that has cost him $100,000 thus far. He has had to postpone his wedding and he watched his credit score plummet from 700 to 500. Dempsey expects to spend thousands more as he moves into “round two”. He received a favorable ruling from the arbitrator but Citibank has appealed that decision. The original amount of the dispute is less than $150.00. The Financial Services Industry describes arbitration as a “prompt and inexpensive” way of resolving issues, but it seems only companies with deep pockets and nothing but time would see it that way. Mr. Dempsey estimates he has spent 1,000 hours spanning six months on his case. He says that Citibank objected to four arbitrators in a row, taking seven months to settle on one. They filed motions to dismiss the case and each time they filed something, he had to respond, paying filing fees each time. He claims Citibank would not correct mistakes regarding reporting to the credit bureaus. To the average consumer, it is neither prompt nor inexpensive to drag out the process of agreeing on an arbitrator for seven months. When Dempsey received the decision in his favor, he was awarded $20,500 in actual/punitive damages and $30,000 in attorney fees. Since Citibank is appealing that decision, those numbers are likely to

In the state of Florida civil court cases are subject to follow the rules and regulations set forth by the state Constitution and may never conflict with the supreme law of the land the United States Constitution. The civil court process in the state of Florida …. According to Judicial Process in America, it states that “the court attempts to settle a particular dispute between the parties by determining their legal rights” (Carp, 271).

Thus, the following remedies are proposed to deal with the situation. First, MSL and Macy’s must come together in the presence of their legal experts to mend their differences. Although, it is not clear from the cases whether MSL decided to breach the case out of ignorance or out of gluttony, it is nonetheless critical that both parties hold a joint session. Mending strings will enable both parties to sit down and review the scope of their contracts. It appears from Macke (n. pag.) that Macy’s does not seem to let bygones be bygones, which shows that MSL and Macy’s need to sit down and urgently resolve their differences.

At best, Complaint Counsel has proven the “possibility” of harm, but not any “probability” or likelihood of harm. Fundamental fairness dictates that demonstrating actual or likely substantial consumer injury under Section 5(n) requires proof of more than the hypothetical or theoretical harm that has been submitted by the government in this case. Accordingly, the Complaint is DISMISSED.” (Reuters & Schectman, 2015)

government can access records about you and investigate on you and you wouldn't even know

We are writing with a brief update on the CRT class action that focuses on the status of the agency claims filed by Spectrum, challenges we are addressing to maximizing those recoveries, as well as briefly discuss our expectations regarding the timing of payment.

There are two major areas of law, civil law and criminal law. As a society, people tend to not pay attention to law unless they are in the middle of an issue. The two areas of law are important to know though, since an issue can occur at any time and it is important to be prepared and have a basic understanding of what is happening and what to do. Many people do not know the distinction between civil law and criminal law, and while the ramifications vary considerably for each, the cases can occur simultaneously, which is why it is important to know the differences and in what scenarios each form is used.

On October 7, 1998 the Department of Justice announced it’s intent to sue Visa and MasterCard on antitrust grounds. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said, “The Justice Department’s antitrust division found persuasive and systematic evidence of the harm done to competition in the credit card market. Competitive initiatives that could benefit consumers have been abandoned, delayed or suppressed. Consumer choice has been reduced, and competition among card networks has been substantially restrained”(American Express Company, 2000, 1).

On September 5, 2011, at my request, Sandra Anglin opened a Best Buy credit card account for the purchase of an advertised special, which included a 55” Samsung Smart TV, 3D Blue Ray Player, and two pairs of 3D viewing glasses. The purchase price including tax totaled $1,967.39; however, with the opening credit limit set at $1,600.00, the balance of $367.39 was paid using my Desert School’s debit card. The payments for the Best Buy card commenced the following month (October 2011) and every month after that with each payment through March 8, 2013, made on or before the due date. It was the subsequent month when attempting to make April’s payment using Best Buy’s portal; access was denied as was each subsequent attempt.

Lately, there was a Legislative Council oath-taking controversy. Two Members of Legislative Council took the oath of office. However, the wording and action that they used resulted in political controversy. In the meantime, the Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress has considered the draft of the “Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” on November 5, 2016 and Voted on November 7, 2016 unanimously passed. At the same day, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress interpreted the Article 104 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong. As a result, the court ruled that the two legislators have been disqualified and their seats were vacant.