Criminal Liability
Endangered Species Act
What is protected by Environmental Crimes?
If a state law conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, the state law is declared invalid.
What is the supremacy clause?
Civil suits involve different causes of action, and they are included in one general classification.
What are Torts?
Characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and are committed by business professionals.
What are White Collar crimes?
The supreme law of the United States.
What is the United States Constitution?
Occurs when an individual does not exercise duty of care.
What is Negligence?
Investing scams that promise investors low-risk investment opportunities with a high rate of return.
What are Ponzi schemes (also known as pyramid schemes)?
This part of the Constitution that offers the most extensive protection for business.
What is the Due Process Clause?
Committed by an offender who understands that he or she is committing a tort.
What are Intentional Torts?
Taking “dirty”money, or money obtained through criminal activities, and passing it through otherwise legitimate businesses so that it appears “clean.”
What is Money Laundering?
The main source of authority for the federal regulation of interstate and international commerce.
What is the is the commerce clause?
The actor of the wrongs.
What is a tortfeasor?
Addresses behaviors that are offenses against the public, society, or state.
What is Criminal Law?
Has a substantial impact upon government regulation of commercial activity.
What is the The Bill of Rights?
A case when a plaintiff must prove that the manufacturer was negligent in order to recover damages for a defective product.
What is a Product Liability Case?