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Income Tax Outline Chapter 1: Introduction Progressive rates – taxes the same dollar of income at different rates to different people. Capital gains – taxes different dollars of income at different rates to the same person. Deductions – amount subtracted from income before tax rate is applied. Credits – amounts subtracted from tax bill after tax ra ... more>>
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1 Unincorporated Business Entities Outline Professor Fairfax Spring 2003 I. 4 Deal Points in Choosing an Entity a. Return on Profits i. How do you get a return on the investment? b. Risk of Loss i. How risky is the enterprise? ii. What's your personal liability? c. Control i. It's a management question d. Duration i. How long will the entity last? ... more>>
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1 TRUSTS AND ESTATES OUTLINE Professor Melanie Leslie Spring 2005 I) INTRODUCTION A) The Living and the Dead: Whose Money Is it? 1) Inheritance Rights Generally: (a) Both the right to receive property and the right to dispose of property are rooted in positive law, subject to legislative adjustment (i) Many states, for example, have restricted the ... more>>
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Michael Petrocelli Trademarks Outline - Prof. Reese Fall 2006 1 I. Introduction A. The Basic Policy Considerations Underlying Trademark Law 1) For protection (a) Protecting Consumers from Confusion (i) Easterbrook: "Confusingly similar marks make consumers' task in searching for products harder." (b) Protecting Entrepreneurs from Misappropriation 2 ... more>>
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Trademarks 2005 1 TRADEMARKS OUTLINE Professor H Schwartz Winter 2005 1 THE PROBLEM OF ENTRY 5 a UNFAIR COMPETITION ... more>>
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1 TORTS II OUTLINE Gifford I. Basics a. Duty is owed when: i. Duty owed when an injury is reasonably foreseeable to someone as a result of your actions (National Food Stores) ii. You do not have a duty to act affirmatively even if doing so is unreasonable iii. When someone is acting affirmatively, a duty is owed b. Negligence: i. omission to do tha ... more>>
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Torts Page 1 of 4 Policy Considerations . Instrumental Goals o Risk/Loss Distribution & Compensation: Shift cost to party in better position to distribute loss (usu the injurer)-spread loss Reduces economic effect Injurers tend to be better loss distributors o Loss minimization: incentives to deter accidents (Posner: strict liability only where req ... more>>
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I. Order of Writing Exams II. Ives v. South Buffalo A. Holding: worker's compensation statute violates due process clause of state & federal constitution rendering statute null & void, thus entitling D to judgment B. The court's reasoning rests on six propositions: 1. Constitutions trump statutes. a. Courts decide when statutes conflict with consti ... more>>
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1 TORTS OUTLINE (PROF. WEISS) Early Developments in Tort Law (Ch. 1) Two categories for determining liability for accidental harms -WRITS I. "Trespass" any wrong that one person commits against property or person (must prove directly caused harm - negligent or intentional) EXAMPLES: 1. RULE: No intent is necessary for trespass, even if it's utterly ... more>>
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1 TORTS five different purposes behind tort law that play against each other 1. compensation: V is compensated for harm D caused 2. deterrent and/or behavior modification ---generally strict liability 3. reliance by others on community norms --modify D's behavior 4. moral fault-blameworthy from moral standard; negligent 5. ease of judicial administ ... more>>
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Torts Outline - Fall 2001 Professor Donald Gifford Tort-a civil wrong for which a remedy may be obtained, usu. In the form of damages, a breach of a duty that the law imposes on everyone in the same relation to one another as those involved in a given transaction Strict Liability I. Bases for Liability in Accidental Harm A. Ives v. South Buffalo Ra ... more>>
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1 I. Order of Writing Exams II. Ives III. Strict Liability A. Necessity B. Abnormally Dangerous Activities C. Nuisance D. Trespass E. Animals F. Vicarious Liability G. Products Liability IV. Negligence A. Duty 1. Is a duty owed at all 2. Is it to that plaintiff 3. What is the standard of care a) Reasonable person b) Experts c) Children d) Role of J ... more>>
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1 Torts I Outline -Gifford ***************************************************************************** I. Strict Liability-liability that does not depend on actual negligence or intent to harm, but that is based on the breach of an absolute duty to make something safe; liability w/o fault A. Necessity-a privilege that may relieve a person from li ... more>>
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D:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQTorts_intentional.doc.doc 1 TORTS Exam Outline I. Intentional Torts A. Wrongdoer is liable for all injuries resulting from act whether they could nor could not be foreseen 1. No intent to harm: The intentional torts generally are not defined in such a way as to require D to have intended to harm the plaintiff. ... more>>
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Policy I. Goals of torts 1. deterrence/regulatory effect -punitive damages used to deter -2. compensation -compensatory damages used to make P "whole" -between tortfeasor and innocent P, P should not have to pay 3. moral culpability (use punitive damages to punish wrongdoer) 4. torts as a system of conflict resolution (we want to channel Ps' frustr ... more>>
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