Carter V. Tokai Financial Services, Inc. In the case, it follows Randy P. Carter and Tokai Financial services, Inc. where Tokai sued Carter for money that was not given under a lease agreement that the two had entered. It as stated that ARC made 4 of the rental payments before they defaulted on the obligation they had with Tokai. Following the ceasing of payment, Tokai the repossessed the equipment and sold it for $5,900. After the sale, Tokai brought a suit against in which they were awarded $56,675.74.…
Ndeumeni further avers that the trial court erred in denying his motion to exclude the testimony of Kemogne’s witnesses where Kemogne failed to adequately disclose the witnesses and the contents of their testimony in discovery. Maryland Rule 2-433(a) bestows upon the trial court broad discretion in remedying discovery violations. Md. Rule 2-433(a). Critically, Rule 2-433(a) employs a permissive, but not mandatory, “may” where the rule provides that “the court . .…
Garrity vs. New Jersey Case Study Critique One Tracey Green CJUS 530 Liberty University ABSTRACT The Fifth Amendment establishes various rights within the criminal and civil courts. When it comes to criminal cases the Fifth Amendment guarantees the right to a grand jury and prevents double jeopardy and it also protects against self-incrimination. Also, it implements due process to be a part of any legal proceedings that would deny a citizen life, liberty or property and requires the government to compensate a citizen when private property is taken for public use.…
The Kelo majority allowed the takings when it held that economic development qualifies as a public use under the federal Constitution. The majority also expressed its deference to legislature on the question of what constitutes a public use. By comparing precedent, Justice Stevens of the majority found that New London's plan served the “valid public purpose of economic development, including new jobs and increased tax revenues." (Kelo v. City of New London, Majority Opinion, 13). Justice Stevens emphasized that the Court could not distinguish economic development from the way that the Court defined public use in its precedent because the Court maintained a broad understanding of public use.…
Written Assignment Two 1. In the mid-1990s, social scientist John DiIulio (and others) predicted that a frightening wave of violent “super-predator” youth would terrorize America starting around 2010. Why did DiIulio eventually back away from his prediction? (Hint: see chapter 4 and outside sources if necessary.)…
One of the more well-known users of Special Purpose Entity (SPEs) was Goldman Sachs. According to Times Magazine (2012). Sachs was also penalized roughly over $500 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for concealing the truth about the collection of mortgages to the investors. The biggest problem was this enabled banks to give the impression to regulators and investors that all of the risk of the mortgages was removed off their books. This included loss ratios on low-key mortgages and decrease default potentials.…
Montague John Druitt: The Case is Closed He craved to write the first letter with the blood of his victims, but realizing it was too difficult, John Druitt cleverly selected a red liquid to resemble the blood in hopes to frighten the police. The letter read: “I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled (“Jack”).” Three infamous letters were believed to have been sent to the police by Jack the Ripper, who was a mysterious serial killer in the streets of Whitechapel, London. They gruesomely described the rapes and murders of some of the women, as well as talked about future killings he had planned.…
Goldman Sachs was one of the more famous users of Special Purpose Entity (SPEs). According to Times Magazine, Goldman was fined $550 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for not disclosing the true nature of this collection of mortgages to the investors. The biggest problem with ABACUS were that it enabled banks to appear to regulators and investors as if they had moved the risk of the mortgages off their books. This included low loss ratios on below prime mortgages and low default expectations on credit default exchanges. The significant risks with fair value accounting and gain on sale accounting.…
Researchers should be involved in every aspect of the police organization, so long as they do not place the police officers or themselves in danger. Innovation is the key to improvement and sometimes an outside perspective is needed in the same way that we often need to take a step back or a break. These innovations include both technology and proposed structural/organizational improvements to police departments. The federal government in agreeance with this assessment started the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Journal, to which it allocates millions of dollars towards research grants every year.…
An interest group is an organization that pressures elected officials to enact legislation favorable to its causes. They serve a significant purpose and are main contributors to democracy though the influence of government. They use specific techniques such as litigations, lobbying, testifying before congress and using pressure at the ballot box to persuade government. Litigations Interest groups often turn to litigation, or the process of bringing a lawsuit, to pursue their causes.…
Dastmalchi LLC developed several keys to success when the firm launched. Their “fast follower” strategy led them to penetrate many different markets and target different audiences, while maintaining low operational costs. The company had the ability to predict which new products would be successful in the market and quickly release their own, more affordable, version to the public. This strategy was carried out by the company finding manufactures of the product and repackaging and rebranding the product to make it their own. Rather than using their own resources to innovate and market their own unique products, Dastmalchi found a way to piggyback off the success of others.…
History Henkel AG & Company, KGaA, is a German multinational company. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. This operates in the chemical and consumer goods. It is organized into three business areas: 1.…
Kerrie is a General Manager for a fortune 100 company in a financial services company called Access. Kerri is new to being a GM and needs to gain respect from her senior management team while trying to reduce costs by 15%. Kerrie calls an emergency meeting with her team to come up with an action plan to meet the company objectives. If they do not meet the 15% goal, they all risk losing bonuses due to the stock price suffering. Kerrie knew this would not be easy for her or her team.…
Chapter 13 Case Study Response 1. What would you say? In speaking with Elizabeth, I would mention that the store is performing well and has been meeting expectations thus far. After being positive about the store’s performance I would lead into the issues I am having with the management there.…
Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc. 1. How did Turner get himself into this particular predicament? ANSWER There are many reasons contributing to the Turner’s current situation: • Cardullo had made false promises of giving him the autonomy of Marketing department, which Turner believed abruptly. • Turner was granted a hefty pay for the new job, which made him join the job.…