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Contracts are agreements entered into by two parties with the intention of creating a legal obligation and contracts in law are very important and serious documents. Yet many individuals or business owners do not fully understand the implications of signing a contract or breaching a contract. This free online course reviews the elements which make up a contract and reviews a scenario about how a contract can be breached if one or more of the parties involved do not fulfil their part of the agreement. Resolving broken contracts in the form of damages is also discussed. This course will be of interest to business professionals who, for example, work with third party suppliers for goods or services on a contract basis. It will also be of interest to the average lay person who wishes to clearly understand the implications of having a written contract should ... Read more »

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Information Session will start June 27, 2015 at 10:00am-12:00pm. You are invited!  To RSVP, please email admissions@irvine.edu or call (562) 865-7111. You may also click here to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

Information Session will start April 25, 2015 at 10:00am-12:00pm. You are invited!  To RSVP, please email admissions@irvine.edu or call (562) 865-7111. You may also click here to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

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Information Session will start November 22, 2014 at 10:00am-12:00pm. You are invited!  To RSVP, please email admissions@irvine.edu or call (562) 865-7111. You may also click here to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

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This guide features resources on international trade law.

Introduction

International trade law is a very complex and an ever expanding area. There are basically four levels of international trade relationships: unilateral measures (national law), bilateral relationships (Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement), plurilateral agreements, and multilateral arrangements (GATT/WTO). The focus of this guide is on international trade generally and on some of the major bilateral or multilateral agreements. NAFTA, GATT/WTO, FTA, and CAFTA. Many of the sources listed throughout this guide will contain information about other trade agreements and arrangements.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Wolff Library reference desk at 202-662-4195 or by email: intlref@law.georgetown.edu. You may also submit your question via this online form . ... Read more »

Online Business Degree: Your Lane is Open

Part-Time | Two Classes per Term | Three-Year Program

Portland State University offers two fully online undergraduate programs designed for students seeking to complete their Junior and Senior year requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Business with a concentration in Management Leadership or Supply Logistics Management.

Program Characteristics

Travel through your courses together from start to finish, offering the assurance of predictability along with the flexibility of online learning.

Real-time coursework offers a high touch online learning environment. Enjoy the ease of online education without missing the opportunity to engage and network with other professionals.

Same course content as our on-campus program, produced professionally for the online learning environment.

Program Concentrations:

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Posted on March 2, by Jim Walker

Today we had the honor of being invited to speak to the maritime law society at Stetson University College of Law .

Stetson has the oldest law school in Florida, founded in 1900. Its campus is located on the beautiful Mediterranean style architecture campus in Gulfport, Florida.

I discussed the topic Crime on Cruise Ships, and explained the epidemic of cruise crimes on cruise ships over the past decade.

Assisting me with the presentation was Caitlin Burke (bottom right), an intern at our firm. Ms. Burke graduated from the University of Florida where she majored in Recreation, Parks and Sport Management. Ms. Burke wrote a senior honor's thesis entitled a Qualitative Study of Victimization and Legal Issues Relevant to Cruise Ships . Caitlin was also a guest blogger last year when she authored Why Cruises are NOT the Best Vacations with Kids .

Stetson has a well established introductory maritime program and a well ... Read more »

EducatedHands wrote: ok so i've got a scenario for you. what if you're an artist who's huge, and people are itching for you to drop your next full length, you're going to sell thousands just because of who you are. your full length album is gunna have tons of samples, references, quotes, any and every other goodie that may make this release some music lawyer's field day to sue you for every penny you're worth. BUT due to the albums blatant disregard of the law, in an attempt to allow creativity to run at an all time high, this album very well could be the greatest release in the last decade. and people just gotta have it! you selling this album is where the problem comes in. you won't be able to. you're stuck. what do you do? sell a t-shirt for $30, that comes with a FREE full length album. what are your thoughts? i think it's absolutely crazy enough to work and you're free like o.j. if anything, i suppose this artist would be considered a t-shirt vendor at the end of the day. but w ... Read more »

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This story first appeared in the October 2012 issue of Entrepreneur . To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

It used to be that top corporations picked up MBA graduates as fast as schools could slap mortarboards on their heads. These young guns drove corporate reorganization, product innovation and marketing and implemented new styles of leadership. They were a symbol of a new culture, and anyone serious about a career in business aspired to earn those three letters.

Today, the power of the MBA is not so certain. Many in corporate America and academia say the degree that once defined bright, snappy leadership now symbolizes a discipline that has lost touch with the business world. They argue that MBA programs have become too focused on research, and that in-house training at large firms has more practical applications. They claim the programs have failed to create the types of leaders who can de ... Read more »

Prior to 1970, employees had no federal agency specifically tasked with ensuring their safety. Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in that year. The new agency created to oversee the act also took its name from the legislation. OSHA, as it became known, was placed under the Department of Labor. OSHA monitors job safety nationwide and issues regulations that have the same weight as laws. Companies or individuals found out of compliance with OSHA regulations may be fined or punished by jail time. Here are a few questions and answers to help you understand OSHA laws.

The primary way OSHA sets regulations is through its standards. These are multi-page documents that set out all the parameters that a company must follow on a specific issue. A standard may tell companies how it must set up signs, signals, and barricades around a site with workers. Another standard might require that all ladders be capable of a certain load for different tasks. Shipping and stora ... Read more »

What is Administrative Law? It covers a wide and varied area of practice, encompassing many different types of governmental legal procedures and regulations, and is not easily defined. Much of government and its public programs operate largely through various agencies on different levels: federal, state, county, and city. These agencies are also known as boards, commissions, departments, and divisions.

They generally have their own specific rules and regulations, which are not usually found in the statutes, with stringent procedures individuals must follow to obtain assistance from the agency and to file claims, grievances and appeals. Legal rulings by Administrative Law Judges (ALJ?s) have governing authority the same as most precedent law. Administrative law attorneys can offer assistance when maneuvering through these complicated proceedings.

The Administrative Procedure Act is the governing law for federal administrative agencies. Most states also have the ... Read more »

It should not come as a surprise to anyone these days that Internet companies have digital dossiers on all of us — the websites we visit, the friends we ve sent emails to, the photos we re tagged in, the medical symptoms we ve searched for. But there has never been any way for us to know just what these companies know about us — or who they re selling our information to.

But that could finally be about to change — in California, which is on the cutting edge of technology policy, and perhaps, eventually for the whole nation. A long-overdue bill in the California legislature, The Right to Know Act, would force companies such as Google and Facebook to reveal what personal information they have collected and how it s being used.

The public cares about Internet privacy — even though tech companies like to argue otherwise — and opinion polls show strong support for laws to protect it. In one national poll, responden ... Read more »

Fact: not every criminal defense attorney or law firm in Plano gets you the same legal outcome.

The truth is two different lawyers often get you wildly different results – even if they theoretically represent you for the same crime.

For example, take a look at this case. Criminal defense attorney Kent Starr helped this client, accused of manslaughter (which has a 2-20 year prison sentence by the way), go home a free person.

Here’s how the story goes:

A certain client (we have to protect their confidentiality) approached Kent for legal representation. This client was accused of killing another individual in Collin County, TX.

This client was charged with criminally negligent homicide (has a 180-day to 2-year sentence). The client actually admitted involvement with the death of another person. However, the client did not believe their actions amounted to criminally negligent homicide. Kent agreed with the client ... Read more »

Law school rankings play an important role in helping applicants choose the law schools they will apply to. Is this justified?

This is a very tricky area, even though it is not by any means inappropriate for applicants to use them like this. Rankings are barely an art form, let alone scientific, because of the methodological problems involved in their creation. An immense amount of information must be reduced down to a few factors that can then be used to calculate scores to allow readers to differentiate among schools. Even in the simplest of universes, this would be difficult.

For instance, how important is it to have a library of 1,000,000 volumes rather than 600,000 volumes, and how does that compare with having a student body TOEFL average of 620 rather than 640? Is the school with 1,000,000 volumes and a TOEFL average of 620 better than the school with 600,000 and 640, respectively? Or is it equal to it or worse? It is not obvious how the two schools should be ... Read more »

With afamily lawyer job. you can successfully make a difference in the lives of others as well as enjoy a great career. Here are the basics of being a family lawyer and what you can get out of the job.

Becoming a Family Lawyer

In order to become a family lawyer, you will have to go through a substantial amount of education. After high school, you will need to obtain a bachelors degree. From that point, you will then have to go to law school for another three years. Many lawyers study topics such as English, political science, or criminal justice. Once you graduate from law school, you will have to start preparing for your bar examinations. Each state has their own bar exam that must be passed in order to practice as a lawyer.

Family lawyers practice the branch of law that has to do with family relations. They work on things such as divorce, adoption, domestic abuse, child custody, child support, and pre-nuptials. A family lawyer will regularly meet w ... Read more »

The newly adopted Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe ushers in a new constitutional dispensation based upon a set of key constitutional principles. Such principles include the rule of law, judiciary independence, multipartism. more

The newly adopted Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe ushers in a new constitutional dispensation based upon a set of key constitutional principles. Such principles include the rule of law, judiciary independence, multipartism, government transparency and accountability, respect for fundamental human rights, constitutional supremacy and the doctrine of limited government, judicial review and constitutional separation of powers. Whilst it is true that these principles were provided for under the old Constitution, this book notes that the new Constitution has widened and deepened the scope of these principles. For instance, the new Constitution introduces a constitutional dispensation based upon a wider Declaration of Rights, which unlike ... Read more »

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Introduction to the Workers' Compensation Law

Workers' compensation is insurance that provides cash benefits and/or medical care for workers who are injured or become ill as a direct result of their job.

Employers pay for this insurance, and shall not require the employee to contribute to the cost of compensation. Weekly cash benefits and medical care are paid by the employer's insurance carrier, as directed by the Workers' Compensation Board. The Workers' Compensation Board is a state agency that processes the claims. If Board intervention is necessary, it will determine whether that insurer will reimburse for cash benefits and/or medical care, and the amounts payable.

In a workers' compensation case, no one party is determined to be at fault. The amount that a claimant receives is not decreased by his/her carelessness, nor increased by an employer's fault. However, a wo ... Read more »

It's hard work, expensive and it can deal a hammer blow to the toughest of management egos, but the master of business administration (MBA) continues to be one of the UK's most popular postgraduate programmes.

More than 8,000 new students enrolled at business schools in 2011 for courses accredited by the Association of MBAs. But if you are thinking of joining them in 2013, where should you start? Over the next few days, this series will guide you through the basics of MBAs. looking at the different courses on offer, how to apply, the cost and job prospects once you have graduated.

Fees at the top end are 57,500 for a two-year full-time MBA at the London Business School, or 33,000 for a two-year part-time executive MBA at the Cranfield School of Management in Bedford.

So the question has to be asked: is there a return on investment? Quantifying an MBA's value is an inexact science but the Alumni Perspectives Survey of 4, ... Read more »

Workplace safety and health laws establish regulations designed to eliminate personal injuries and illnesses from occurring in the workplace. The laws consist primarily of federal and state statutes. Federal laws and regulations preempt state ones where they overlap or contradict one another.

The main statute protecting the health and safety of workers in the workplace is the Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA). Congress enacted this legislation under its constitutional grant of authority to regulate interstate commerce. OSHA requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations and safety and health standards to protect employees and their families. Every private employer who engages in interstate commerce is subject to the regulations promulgated under OSHA.

In order to aid the Secretary of Labor in promulgating and enforcing regulations, the act establishes the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. The Secretary of Labor may auth ... Read more »

Employment contract law is the body of law related to agreements made between employers and employees. Written, oral, or implied contracts often give rise to disputes in an employment relationship, and in some cases the end result is wrongful termination. There are several types of employment contracts, including non-compete agreements, waiver of rights agreements, and severance agreements. An at-will employee is a worker who is offered no employee contract who or is offered a contract but can be terminated at any time. Employment workplace issues pertaining to at-will employees or employees under long-term contracts are often beyond the scope of employment contract law.

Employees often hire attorneys to review a contract of employment to avoid legal pitfalls and to ensure that their rights are protected and that the contracts are in their best interests. For example, an employee may have waived his rights to trial in the contract and must go to arbitration where a panel of ... Read more »

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Post Graduate Programme in Management

The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) develops global leaders with insight on emerging economies and their unique business challenges. This carefully-crafted one-year programme incorporates practical industry applications with a rigorous, cutting-edge research-based curriculum that has transformed several mid-career professionals to global business leaders of today and tomorrow. The one-year PGP is meant to hone your skills and challenge conventional wisdom.

With ISB s unique portfolio faculty model, you interact, learn from and engage with eminent management intellectuals, who bring with them research and teaching experience from leading B-schools across the world. Their distinctive research ensures that the programme offers content that is contemporary, innovative and truly global.

ISB s strong associations with renowned B-schools ... Read more »

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