Legal final PT 2 Flashcards
Certain employment practices appear neutral on their face but nevertheless negatively impact a protected class. this is the nature of:
disparate impact discrimination
title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act Applies to:
Employers with 15 or more employees
unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors or other verbal conduct of sexual nature is illegal based on:
sexual harassment
the labor-management reporting & disclosure act of 1959 (Landrum Griffin)
s still national labor law
the concept of “fraud under 10b-5 encompasses not only unique statements but also
Omissions of material
a “runaway shop” involves.
requires the employer to move his plant faculty to another jurisdiction
Ron Rik wanted to make it big in the stock market and believed in taking substantial risks. He took a big risk by purchasing several shares of a worthless corp.
the CPA firm is not liable if it can prove that it acted with due diligence in conducting the audit
picketing is lawful when it
Does not obstruct customers from entering the employers place of business
which of the following may a union not discipline members for doing?
testifying in court against the union
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C) 20 days after it is filed
- violaters of the 1933 Securities Act are subject to
D) All of the above
corporate “insiders” who buy the stock of the corporation will be liable to the corporation for any profits made persistent to a safe of their stock within
6 months
Which of the following are included within the definition of insiders for the purpose of the 10b-5
all of the above are considered insiders under 10b-5
the “union shop” is:
D) None of the answers are correct
The teamsters Union calls a nationwide strike of tuckers. which of the following acts would require the parties to “cool off” for 80 days before actually striking if it is determined that such a strike would cause a national emergency?
Taft- Hartley Act
which of the following created the “bill of rights” for union members?
Landrum-Griffin Act
The securities Registration process requires all of the following information to be provided to prospective investors except:
D) All of the above are required
a red herring
is a preliminary version of a prospectus
when the SEC reviews a prospectus for a new stock offering it may not:
Rule on the merits of the offering
The securities and Exchange commission has the power to:
issue a stop to prohibit the sale of securities
the SEC allows qualified companies to register certain securities and, instead of selling them all at once, to sell them the offering overtime as needed. This is:
Shelf Registration
as a rule, when testing of job applicants employers should do which of the following to be within the bounds of the law:
test for ability to perform a certain job
Charles owns a club whose patrons are mostly African American. he hires only African- Americans to serve drinks and food. li applies to work as a bartender. he is qualified but is turned down. If Charles were to argue that the reason he denied li the job is bc there is a bona fide occupational qualification for this job, which is being african american
is wrong, he has illegally discriminated
