business law term paper

see the attachment below

BUS 125, FALL 2013, P.ORR (ALL CLASSES)

TERM PAPER ASSIGNMENT

 DUE (NO EXTENSIONS): IN CLASS,
AT START OF CLASS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
POINTS: UP TO 35 (but, FOR A REALLY GREAT PAPER IN MY OPINION, I MAY MARK IT

“35+” WORTH ADDITIONAL 1/2 LETTER GRADE BOOST ON FINAL CLASS GRADES.)

FORMAT: MLA FORMAT, DOUBLE SPACED, ALL PAGES STAPLED TOGETHER. DO NOT USE

FOLDERS OR COVERS (e.g., NO PLASTIC COVERS).

USING QUOTATIONS: YOU MAY QUOTE (USE SENTENCES OR UNIQUE PHRASES DIRECTLY FROM)

A PUBLICATION ONLY IF YOU DO SO IN A PROPER FORMAT. DO NOT SIMPLY COPY LANGUAGE

FROM ARTICLES WITHOUT PROPER QUOTATION.

DO NOT HAND IN MULTIPLE PAPERS WITH THE SAME WORK/LANGUAGE. YOU MAY SHARE

RESOURCES SUCH AS WEB ADDRESSES AND STUDY WITH OTHERS, BUT THIS IS NOT A TEAM

PAPER. STUDENTS WHO WORK TOGETHER AND USE THE SAME LANGUAGE IN 2 OR MORE PAPERS

WILL EACH GET AN “F” SCORE ON THE PAPER.

 DO BOTH PART 1 AND PART 2:
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PART 1:

Copy these questions into your paper and answer each:

1. Who is Mary Jo White?

2. What job does she do for the federal government: what is her job title?

3. What job does her government agency do? 4. When was it created? 5. What is

the name of the law that created it?

4. How does it get its money, to operate? 5. What are some criticisms made of

that agency’s work, in the years 2000-2007?

6. What has that agency been doing lately, in terms of work that has attracted

news coverage?

TIPS: Points are awarded for complete, clear but short explanation of the

items above. I want to see you have in a good organized way researched, read,

thought through and explained these things. Feel free to add any personal

opinions, analyses or comments, if you feel it would add to the quality of the

presentation. YOU SHOULD GO BEYOND MERELY READING WIKIPEDIA — your USING (AND

LISTING FOR ME) OTHER SOURCES WILL BE REWARDED.

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 PART 2: MAKE UP STORIES OF VIOLATIONS OF UNFAIR COMPETITION LAWS:
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SIZE OF THIS PART: 3 OR MORE PAGES

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TELL STORIES OF AN IMAGINARY BUSINESS OR BUSINESSES DOING ACTS VIOLATING EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS (FROM CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1770). I RECOMMEND YOU USE

A DICTIONARY (A LEGAL DICTIONARY IS EVEN BETTER) AND/OR YOUR TEXTBOOK TO GET MEANINGS.

MAKE EACH ONE SEPARATE; NUMBER EACH SEPARATE STORY MATCHING THE NUMBERS BELOW:

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California Civil Code section 1770 [excerpt:]

“Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices”:

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(a) The following unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or
practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results

in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer are unlawful:

(1) Passing off goods or services as those of another.

(2) Misrepresenting the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or

services.

(3) Misrepresenting the affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification

by, another.

(4) Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection

with goods or services.

(5) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics,

ingredients, uses, benefits, or quantities which they do not have or that a person

has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection which he or she does

not have.

(6) Representing that goods are original or new if they have deteriorated unreasonably

or are altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used, or secondhand.

(7) Representing that goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, or grade,

or that goods are of a particular style or model, if they are of another.

(8) Disparaging the goods, services, or business of another by false or misleading

representation of fact.

(9) Advertising goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised.

(10) Advertising goods or services with intent not to supply reasonably expectable

demand, unless the advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity.

(11) Advertising furniture without clearly indicating that it is unassembled if that

is the case.

(12) Advertising the price of unassembled furniture without clearly indicating the

assembled price of that furniture if the same furniture is available assembled from

the seller.

(13) Making false or misleading statements of fact concerning reasons for, existence

of, or amounts of price reductions.

(14) Representing that a transaction confers or involves rights, remedies, or

obligations which it does not have or involve, or which are prohibited by law.

(15) Representing that a part, replacement, or repair service is needed when it is

not.

(16) Representing that the subject of a transaction has been supplied in accordance

with a previous representation when it has not.

(17) Representing that the consumer will receive a rebate, discount, or other economic

benefit, if the earning of the benefit is contingent on an event to occur subsequent

to the consummation of the transaction.

(18) Misrepresenting the authority of a salesperson, representative, or agent to

negotiate the final terms of a transaction with a consumer.

(19) Inserting an unconscionable provision in the contract. [See textbook.]

(20), (21) [Skip — write no answer.]

(22) (A) Disseminating an unsolicited prerecorded message by telephone without an

unrecorded, natural voice first informing the person answering the telephone of the

name of the caller or the organization being represented, and either the address or

the telephone number of the caller, and without obtaining the consent of that person

to listen to the prerecorded message. [Note this exception to (22)(a): exceptions to

(22)] (B) This subdivision [(22) ABOVE] does not apply to a message disseminated to

a business associate, customer, or other person having an established relationship

with the person or organization making the call, to a call for the purpose of collecting

an existing obligation, or to any call generated at the request of the recipient.

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