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Special Agent

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One authorized to conduct single transaction/series of related transactions on principal’s behalf

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General Agent

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One authorized to conduct all necessary personal/business transactions for principal

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Universal Agent

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One authorized to do all acts that can be legally delegated to an agent

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Power of Attorney

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Formal written creation of agency relationship that lists authority granted

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Independent contractor

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Someone who acts on behalf of a principal, but principal does not control agent’s day-to-day activities and scope of independent contractor is limited

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Express Agency Relationship

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One in which principal orally or in writing delegates authority to another

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Apparent Agency Relationship

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Agent does not have express agreement but still has authority to act as an agent for a principal because of the appearance of having that authority.

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Duties of Principal to Agent

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  1. To comply with agency agreement

2. To reimburse reasonable expenses

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Duties of Agent to Principal

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  1. Fiduciary - supreme duty of loyalty, cannot make profit at principal’s expense
  2. Duty of obedience - follow principal’s instructions
  3. Reasonable care - theoretically liable in negligence to principal for damage caused by carelessness
  4. Accounting
  5. No co-mingling
  6. Disclosure - must inform principal important info
  7. Loyalty (no competition, no conflict of interest)
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Termination of Agency Relationships by act of parties

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  1. Fulfillment
  2. Lapse of Time
  3. Specified Event
  4. Mutual Agreement
  5. Unilateral act of one party
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Agency couple with an interest

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Unique agency relationship created in writing that gives the agent some interest vested in the property that is the subject matter of the agency relationship

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Termination of Agency Relationship by operation of law

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Termination by:

  1. Death of principal or agent
  2. Insanity of the principal
  3. Bankruptcy
  4. Change of law
  5. Circumstances such as loss/destruction of subject matter
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Disclosed Principal

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3rd party is aware that the agent is acting for principal and 3rd party knows who principal is

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Disclosed Principal with actual authority

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Principal is ONLY liable to 3rd party

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Disclosed Principal with apparent authority

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Principal is ONLY liable to 3rd party, but agent is also liable to principal for acting without express/implied authority

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Agent’s Tort Liability

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Agents are liable for the torts they commit

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Principal’s Tort Liability through Conduct

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  1. P liable for A’s torts if A was doing as P instructed/ordered
  2. P liable if P hires A not qualified to perform job assigned
  3. P liable for torts of A if P failed to supervise properly
  4. P liable for torts of A if P was negligent in hiring/retention
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Vicarious Liability

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  1. Master-Servant relationship
  2. Scope of employment
  3. “extra-harzardous activity”
  4. “nondelegable duty”
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Antitrust Law: Sherman Act (1890)

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  1. prohibits “contracts, combinations, conspiracies in restraint of trade”
  2. prohibits ‘monopolization, attempts to monopolize, conspiracies to monopolize”
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Antitrust Law: Clayton Act (1914)

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  1. prohibits price discrimination
  2. prohibits some tying/exclusive dealing arrangements
  3. forbids anticompetitive mergers
  4. prohibits interlocking directorates among large corporations that compete w/ each other
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Antitrust Law: Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)

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  1. created by FTC to enforce antitrust laws

2. prohibits “unfair methods of competition”

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Antitrust Law: Robinson-Patman Act (1936)

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amends Clayton Act to make law against price discrimination more effective

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Antitrust Remedies

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  1. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Div. can bring criminal/civil lawsuits against violators
  2. FTC can enforce Clayton, Robinson-Patman, FTC acts
  3. Private parties can file civil lawsuits claiming violation of Sherman, Clayton or Robinson-Patman acts and seek 3x damage
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Antitrust Exceptions

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  1. Labor union collective bargaining activity generally exempt from antitrust laws
  2. Public utilities/common carriers generally exempt b/c of separate regulation
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Sherman Act Section 2 Violation elements

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  1. Overwhelming market power

2. Intent to monopolize

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Antitrust and Mergers (Clayton Act 7)

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  1. Horizontal - especially likely to diminish competition, will draw regulatory attention if combined market shares exceed 30%
  2. Vertical - between companies in dist. chain, less likely to diminish competition
  3. Conglomerate - (mfg buys chain of ice cream stores) highly unlikely to face antitrust challenge
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Copyrights

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Designed to protect “original works of authorship”

To be protected, expressive work must be:

  1. fixed in some tangible medium of expression
  2. creative
  3. original
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Length of Copyright Protection

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  1. life of author, plus 70 years

2. work-for-hire: shorter of 95 years from date of publication or 120 years from creation

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Patent

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Government-granted exclusive right to make, use or sell an invention.

Governments protect patents in order to encourage inventive activity.

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Patents are recognized for:

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  1. Processes
  2. Machines
  3. Products
  4. Compositions of matter
  5. Any improvements on the above.
  6. New plant species
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An invention may be patented if:

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  1. It is patentable subject matter
  2. It is useful
  3. It is novel (new/created by inventor seeking patent)
  4. Nonobvious to a person with ordinary skill in that area
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Patent Filing

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U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

“first-to-file” gets the patent

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Length of Patent Protection

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  1. Utility patent = 20 yrs from filing

2. Design patent = 14 yrs from filing

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Money Laundering

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Process by which one conceals existence, illegal source, illegal application of income, and disguises income to make it appear legitimate

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Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA)

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Requires record keeping/reporting by banks to trace movement of currency into and out of country

  1. report cash transactions over $10K
  2. identify persons conducting all transactions
  3. maintain traceable paper trail
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31 U.S.C.

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Helps prevent evasion of BSA by making it illegal to break large transactions down in to pieces smaller than $10K

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Money Laundering Control Act of 1986

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Section 1956 Prohibits:

  1. transaction money laundering
  2. transportation money laundering

Section 1957 addresses monetary transactions in criminally derived property over $10K