Laws in the united states

Question

For the following statements, write true or false by providing the proper reasosn.

Question 1: Businesses that are organized in the United States are subject to its laws, but not to the laws of other countries in which they do business.

Question 2: In the case of Ashcroft, Attorney General v. The Free Speech Coalition, the United States Supreme Court set aside portions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act, because the Act violated the First Amendment's free speech clause.

Question 3: Most states use specialized courts to handle commercial litigation.

Question 4: General jurisdiction trial courts hear evidence and testimony.

Question 5: Decisions of state supreme courts can always be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 6: There is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction for diversity of citizenship cases so long as the minimum amount in controversy is met.

Question 7: The concept of standing requires that the plaintiff have a stake in the outcome of the case that is filed.

Question 8. Even where a long-arm statute is present, a defendant must have had some minimum contact with a state for that state's courts to have jurisdiction over the defendant.

Question 9:n A forum-selection clause allows parties to a contract to designate and agree to the jurisdiction of a court that otherwise might not have personal jurisdiction.

Question 10: In an answer filed for a lawsuit, the defendant must present the defendant's version of the events described in the complaint.

Question 11: A statute of limitation provides time limits for initiating lawsuits.

Question 12: In general, a party must wait until the trial to find out the facts of the other party's case.

Question 13: The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the use of arbitration to solve employment disputes.

Question 14: A party can be liable for defamation for truthful statements if the statement hurts the plaintiff's reputation.

Question 15: True statements can be the basis for commission of the tort of invasion of the right to privacy.

Question 16: Intentional infliction of emotional distress requires that the conduct be outrageous.

Question 17: Conversion occurs when someone deprives the rightful owner of personal property of the use and enjoyment of that property by treating it as her own.

Question 18.    Assumption of the risk, if present, prevents a plaintiff from recovering for negligence even if the plaintiff has proven all the required elements of negligence.

Question19. In order to be liable for intentional interference with contractual relations, the defendant must have breached a valid existing contract.

Question 20: Statutes are the primary source of criminal law.

Question 21.    It is a crime for a United States citizen to bribe a foreign official even if the conduct takes place entirely outside of the United States.

Question 22: A Scorporate director can be held individually liable for a crime the director committed on the behalf of a corporation, but cannot be held liable for crimes committed by his or her subordinates.

Question 23: In order to meet the consideration requirement, the legal detriment suffered by each party must have been given in exchange for that of the other party.

Question 24: The level of intoxication allowing a party to disaffirm a contract is the same as that considered too intoxicated to legally operate a motor vehicle.

Question 25: In a negligence action, all parties in the product's chain of distribution are liable for the injury, even if only one party was negligent.

Question 26: Greenman v. Yuba Power Products Inc. is a landmark product liability case involving the tort or intentional misrepresentation.

Question 27: Under comparative negligence, if a plaintiff is found by the jury to be 25% negligent and the damages are $100,000, the plaintiff would only recover $25,000.

Question 28. Under the maximizing profits theory of the social responsibility of business, it is improper for a business to undertake charitable acts for the benefit of society if doing so reduces profits.

Question 29. Under the stakeholder interest theory of the social responsibility of business, a business has obligations to both shareholders and employees, but not to others.

Question 30. In order for an offer to be valid, an offeror must promise to undertake some affirmative action.

Question 31. An implied-in-fact contract is one based on the conduct of the parties.

Question 32: A valid informal contract is just as enforceable as a valid formal contract.

33:Under the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, a license is a contract that transfers limited rights in intellectual property and informational rights.

Question 34: An intellectual property licensing arrangement is a method used to transfer certain rights of use, but not ownership, of intellectual property.

Question 35: In order to register for a domain name, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office must issue an authorization that the name is available and is not confusingly similar to existing names.