Leading Australian swimwear brand, Seafolly, has won a long-running lawsuit against Fewstone (trading as City Beach) who copied its bikini designs. The bikini battle lasted almost two years and cost City Beach $250,000 in damages. The court case centred on Seafolly's top bikini designs-its English Rose print bikini, popular Covent Garden floral design, and Senorita prints. City Beach was found by the Federal Court to have knocked-off Seafolly's bikini designs, and then sold them in its 60…
Communications. While looking into Qwest, the SEC determined that Qwest had been improperly following the accounting guidelines and had inflated their revenue by billions. In 2004, the SEC charged Qwest Communications International Inc. with securities fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. Qwest agreed to a judgment without confirming of denying guilt. The judgment enjoins Qwest from violating the antifraud, reporting, books and records, internal control, proxy, and…
Wrongful Possession of Drugs: The CID memorandum states that the MP found what they suspected to be a bottle of liquid steroids in the wall locker of the SM. Further investigation determined that the liquid was drostanolone propionate, an anabolic/androgenic steroid, which was confirmed by the CID laboratory. The DA 4833 states that the SM recieved an Art. 15, but did not specify as to the SM's punishment. Upon further review of the SM's file no Art. 15 is currently on record in his OMPF.…
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Ashley Madison: Life is short, have an affair. As if we didn’t have enough problems. The company is based in Canada and while ethically not the best business model, seemed to have a rather wide consumer base. From Josh Duggar to government employees, with the U.S. population having 318 million [1] people and Ashley Madison had 32 million [2] about 1 in 10 people are registered for this site (roughly). Hackers have always had their own set of principles outside of the normal person. While a lot…
Laptops, external storage devices, GPS locators, and desktop computers also come in various types. In the article, “Digital Evidence and the US Criminal Justice System” it states the listing and variety of products pose challenges because there is no uniform process to obtain information across makes and models, let alone different types of devices. Keeping archival information regarding older models of cell phones and its features, while keeping up to date with the rapid growth and diversity of…
The Chief Financial Officer David Dyck discovered $300-million in expenses were misclassified after he attempted a re-examination of the company’s accounting practices. CEO Dave Robert gained an “individual account” of 185%. When working out the full compensation, his total compensation roughly totalled $3.5 million for the year. After news of accounting irregularities, Penn West Petroleum Ltd. shares falling 17.4% before pulling back. Penn West shares closed at $8.57, down 13.78%, still some…
In 1970, 32 years after the creation of Fannie Mae, the U.S. government chartered Freddie Mac. However, the company became shareholder-owned, while keeping its government perks. The company doesn’t pay income taxes, have credit lines with U.S. Treasury, and can borrow at a low price because lenders assume the government will help them if they get in trouble. Investors knew Freddie Mac as “Steady Freddy” due to its predictable earnings. During their statistics-filled speeches, bankers used to…
trustworthy broker or exchange market which can facilitate their buying of the stocks. Most people have testified that penny stock market is a bad place, full of spam and fraud. Yes, that could be true according to them. This could be true because they had a head-to-head collision with that spam. I suppose the victims of fraud and spam subscribed to misleading newsletters. How can one determine the best penny stocks newsletter to subscribe to? This has been a hard decision for penny stock…
Julianna Cox Mrs. Templar Art and Music Appreciation 11/06/2017 Writing Assignment: Art Theft Art theft is more common than you think. According to the FBI, art and cultural property crime can include theft, fraud, looting, and trafficking across state and international lines. This type of crime can happen virtually anywhere at any given time. Many agencies have vowed to bring an end to the common crime of art theft. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently dedicated…