CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
In a national TV ad, Fun Time Fruit Drink was said to contain “natural food energy”. The FTC discovered that the “natural food” providing energy was sugar and decided the ad created a false impression. This is the remedy to correct the situation that the FTC imposes when an advertisement creates a false impression
What is corrective advertizing?
Kelly & Rick are high school juniors madly in love and expecting a child together. Can they get married in New Jersey?
What is no child marriage allowed?
The agency created by the federal government to protect the environment and remediate damage
What is Environmental Protection Agency?
Starburst Juicedratic equation
What is a trade secret?
This refers to the type of employment where the employer can fired the employee for any reason that is not discrimination and the employee can quit for any reason and neither has an obligation to give notice
What is employee at will?
John brought his car to a mechanic to repair his air conditioning unit. It turned out to just be a plug that had become disconnected, however the mechanic seeing John as an easy target, told John the repair costs would be $500. What is happening here?
What is deceptive practice?
This is just what is needed when spouses want to protect their premarital assets from the other spouse in the event of divorce or death
What is prenuptial agreement?
Sneakers R Us advertises Orange Yeezy 2 sneakers for $25. Joey rushes to the store to buy them but is told there are none left but he can buy Yellow Yeezy 2 sneakers for $250.00 This is happening
What is bait and switch ?
The exclusive right to make, use and sell a novel or new, non-obvious, useful product or process for 20 years
What is a patent?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination for these reasons...name 2
What is race, religion, national origin gender color age?
The federal agency that regulates unfair trade practices...like price fixing
What is Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
The US Supreme Court has sent a message to our government in their court decisions that our government has to stay out of our bedrooms and out of our love life. However, our government can still sometimes restrict who we can marry for these reasons
What is age and family relationship?
The EPA calls the nation's most hazardous toxic waste sites this inappropriate name
What is Superfund sites?
The work of an author or an artist are protected by this for life plus 70 years
What is copyright?
Toni presented Calvin Cooper, the president of Cooper Copters, Inc., with a resume that stated she graduated from business college and had internship experience. Toni lied and Cooper realized it quickly. Cooper fires Toni. Toni probably can or probably can’t collect unemployment benefits
What is Probably can’t?
The federal agency that regulates the safety of food and drugs on the market and has the power to shut down a manufacturing plant to prevent harm to the public
What is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ?
Once a child is over the age of 18, graduated from high school and is self supporting with a job and has moved out of her parents home she is considered this
What is emancipated ?
This permits a person to recover money or value of property from a business that has harmed them
What is restitution?
Is the unauthorized copying, sale, display or performance of work.
What is infringement?
Meg, who is five months pregnant, applied for a job at a local coffee shop. The manager acknowledged that Meg was qualified, but declined to hire her, explaining that the store was extremely busy with a fast-paced work environment, and that it was unlikely that a woman "in her condition" could keep up. This is happening here
What is gender discrimination?
Companies use this to warn customer of say not to use the microwave to dry their dog after a bath
What are warning labels?
Marriage can end by what 3 things
What is death, divorce, annulment?
This allows copyrighted work to be used without being considered infringement
What is Fair Use Exception?
Ty opens a catering company and creates a unique logo to represent his brand
What is a service mark?
This person is protected from retaliation by an employer if this person reports discrimination, harassments, illegal activities, etc. in the workplace
What is whistleblower?