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1. Half Page
Go website for the Federal Trade Commission and find a FTC enforcement action that interests you.
1. Look at what your classmates have already posted and pick a different case. Make sure it is a case. It will have a defendant who did something that was anti-competitive or anti-consumer.
2. State the name of the action/case and summarize it. What are your thoughts on the case?
Other student choose:
Name of the Case: FTC and New York Attorney General Sue Operators of Debt Collection Scheme.
Name of the Case: FTC Requires Divestitures as Condition of Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Acquisition of Express Mart
The case I chose was in regards to the FTC`S approval over the settlement with uber.
I chose the FTC approves final consent order in Aromaflage Insect Repellent advertising case on Sept. 27, 2018
Name of the case: At FTC’s Request, Court Stops False Advertising and Unauthorized Billing Scheme
2. one page
Instructions
Write up to a one-page overview of the culture for the country that you have selected for your project through internet research. Please write in detail how you plan to work with the people of that country. Outline some of your strategies for gaining the trust and confidence of the people and the government. This assignment counts 20 points.
3.Half page
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You Be the Judge 11: In re HP Securities Litigation
Read the “You Be the Judge” on p. 444 of the text. It is the case of In re HP Securities Litigation.
Review the facts, and the arguments of each party in the case.
Discuss:
1. the main issue(s) in the case (don’t just reiterate the facts; instead consider what point of law needs to be decided); and
2. as the judge, decide for one party or the other. State your reasoning. Try to go beyond reiterating the argument given in the text. Also, don’t rely on your instinct. Apply the law.
4.three page
. In Introduction to Business Law, read the following:
CH 23 – Securities and Antitrust pp. 440-459
CH 24 – Consumer Protection pp. 460-481
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If you haven’t already, make sure you have read the Module Overview page, read the reading assignments, and viewed the lectures/presentations.
These are three short essay questions. Answers can be found in the reading assignments and lectures. (Do not use outside resources to answer these questions.)
Please use bullet points if appropriate. For example, if a question asks for three things, use this format to answer –
1. First point.
2. Second point.
3. Third point.
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Question #1 (5 points):
1. What are the two purposes of the registration statement required for an IPO?
2. What four key pieces of information must it contain?
3. Why do you think each of these fours items of information are important to investors?
4. What are the three steps in the registration process after the registration statement? Why are each of these steps important?
Question #2 (5 points):
You are in charge of accounts receivables for your company (i.e. collecting money from unpaid invoices). Some of the debts are more than 90 days past due so you decide to turn the 90+ days receivables over to a collection agency to collect on them.
1. What are the ten activities that your collection agency may not do pursuant to federal law?
2. Why are these protections important?
3. Would you change any of them?
Question #3 (5 points):
1. What are the respective purposes of securities law, antitrust law, and consumer law? Who do they seek to protect?
2. For each of the three areas, state two problems/abuses that the particular area of law seeks to fix.
3. Name two federal statutes in each of the three areas of law.
