Pat Parker Case The Pat Parker Case
The Pat Parker case is about a lawyer who started his own firm concentrating on writing reports and conducting political opposition research for political candidates. This particular case is about how Parker devised a research report for one particular political candidate then two years later, some trial lawyers wanted to buy the research on the Republican Attorney General. Parker was unsure on how to proceed knowing that this could potentially jeapordise the political party's candidate or even worse, he could be arrested for soliciting the information. Would Parker be violating contract law? Would he be infringing the copyright law? Would he be violating campaign statutes and other codes of ethics?
There are many legal issues to analyze in this case. First, would Parker be violating contract law? The original agreement with the Democratic party candidate specifically stated the "use of reports" which essentially said that the research and the publications used in the research shall not be used "for any other purpose, campaign, or person" and...
In “The Unscrupulous Partner” ethics case, Andrea Fuller is a tax partner at a local certified public accounting firm located in Southern California. Ed McDouglass is a general partner of Skyline Views, a limited liability partnership that constructs, operates and sells condominiums. By devoting 100% of his time into the limited liability partnership and taking charge of any situation, Ed functions as the general manager for Skyline Views. Therefore, he is allowed a management fee to include two percent of expenses and ten percent of the year’s net income if it exceeds $100,000. As a result, Ed hired Andrea to complete the tax return for Skyline Views.
Michael “Meeko” Thompson has spent more than two decades locked away in the Chippewa Correctional Facility. Michael was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to an undercover officer. He had prior drug offenses, but no history of violence. When his house was raided after his arrest, a few antique firearms and one usable firearm were recovered. Despite the fact that the antiques did not fire and the one that did was owned by Michael’s wife, he was convicted of felony possession of a firearm along with his cannabis charges. This was his fourth offense which labeled him a habitual offender, and he was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison. He could have been sentenced to as little as five years. Notably, even the Michigan Supreme Court
In January of 2010, the United States Supreme Court, in the spirit of free speech absolutism, issued its landmark Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, marking a radical shift in campaign finance law. This ruling—or what some rightfully deem a display of judicial activism on the part of the Roberts Court and what President Obama warned would “open the floodgates for special interests—including foreign corporations—to spend without limit in…elections” —effectively and surreptitiously overturned Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and portions of McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, struck down the corporate spending limits imposed by Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, and extended free speech rights to corporations. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief historical overview of campaign finance law in the United States, outline the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, and to examine the post-Citizens United political landscape.
If a situation in the future occurs where the competitors may file lawsuits against each other, the attorney could not ethically represent either business due to information learned while representing the businesses on cases prior. A lawyer is required by Rule 1.6, not to use information secured from the representation of one client for the benefit of another client.
Realizing Ethical Issues Helps You Avoid Unethical Behaviors In this age of change, the human society is progressing rapidly on various fields. However, the ethical problems are becoming increasingly severe. According to the teaching notes of “In It To Win: The Jack Abramoff Story,” “During the Bush Administration, Abramoff was the most influential lobbyist in Washington, D.C. His excesses led to his downfall and that of Congress members with whom he was closely connected, including aides, business associates, government officials, and lawmakers.”
Today in criminal convictions, it is prevalent and necessary that there is evidence collected in order to hopefully find and put away the people who committed the crimes. Serology is an important factor that allows this to occur. Serology is the study and identification of bodily fluids such as blood salvia and semen in order to proceed in criminal investigations and legal processes. Blood, saliva, and semen can be readily found in sexual assault and homicide cases. In the case of Dennis Maher, serology is something that should have been considered in order to make a conviction. Instead, none of the evidence that was collected was tested to exclude him, and he was put away in jail based on eyewitness identifications. The crimes that occurred in 1983 ended with Dennis Maher, a solider for the United States, being charged and convicted for rape, assault with intent to rape, assault & battery, and aggravated rape in the year of 1984 based on Eyewitness testimony (NEIP, 2011).
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In Tim Seibles' poem, The Case, he reviews the problematic situations of how white people are naturally born with an unfair privilege. Throughout the poem, he goes into detail about how colored people become uncomfortable when they realize that their skin color is different. Not only does it affect them in an everyday aspect, but also in emotional ways as well. He starts off with stating how white people are beautiful and continues on with how people enjoy their presence. Then he transitions into how people of color actually feel when they encounter a white person. After, he ends with the accusation of the white people in today's world that are still racist and hateful towards people of color.
In a case that has spanned more than 20 years and drew so much media attention, there is just as much intrigue today as it then. Did he do it or did he not do it? The entire world was captivated by the case. It took over a year for a trial and a conclusion that stunned the world with the verdict (Boyes). They were many household names that came out of this trial (Pitts).
Wilder didn’t need to defend his title against Luis Ortiz this past Saturday in Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In fact, he nearly payed for the decision in a one-sided seventh round, as Ortiz landed combination after combination and had the champion out on his feet. But Wilder proved what a true champion he is, as he somehow weathered the storm and made it out of the round.
In this reporting from a scholarly journal, The Stanford Law Review explains the laws of prosecution a sexual psychopath. It gives specific examples such as the Fred Stone Case that happened in the 1940s. Stone sexually abused a ten-year-old girl. The judge declared Stone as a sexual psychopath and sentenced him to a state hospital. In 1941 the superintendent took him back the court because he claimed that he was not getting better. The judge resentenced him to a state hospital. This happened another time in 1945 and he was resentenced to a state hospital. Overall, Stone was let free after multiple years. This edition is based on the different laws that psychopaths have.
Should Charlie Davis cover for Alex Adams mistake of not locking up the restaurant because they are best friends and Adams needs this job? This ethical issue conflicts between the principles of role duty and egoism. Role duty is knowing and acting according to your specific duties as a professional and carrying out your job description. While egoism is “me first” and it promotes one’s own best interest over anyone else’s. In this ethical issue, Davis’s role duty is conflicting with Adams’ egoism. Charlie Davis has his own job that he needs to worry about and fulfilling his duties as followed in his job description while conflicting with Alex Adams’ egoism. Alex Adams just wants to protect his own job, even though he didn’t fulfill his duties that ultimately may have led to robbery, rather than tell the truth to his boss like he should.
The Duke case concerns claims by a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University who accused three players on Duke's lacrosse team of raping her during a party where she had been hired to work as a stripper. The case has prompted national outrage and discussion about racism and the rowdy behavior of privileged students at a prestigious university. The accuser is black and the three accused students are white. All but one of the players on the Duke Lacrosse team at the time were white. Attorneys for the students have contended from the start that their clients are not guilty.
Leadership, the ability to influence a group toward achievement of a vision or set of goals (Kursh, Lant, Majeske, Olver, Plant 232), embodies the theme of the Aston – Blair Case, and it reinforces the importance of good leadership involving teams compiled to achieve specific results. Leadership is an important element in business, and good leadership fosters productive relationships; establishes clear lines of effort, roles, and communication; and inspires individuals to perform despite conflict or personal biases. Bacon’s inexperience and limited management background displays an inability to communicate effectively, and effective communication is an essential element of leadership and group work of this type. As the group chairman, Bacon’s
Principal Gibson provides an example of a school leader who due to his embracing of a colorblind perspective possesses all four lacks. The multiple lacks in responding to the unique needs of students of color are sustained and reinforced by his colorblind perspective. Gibson works at an outer-ring suburban elementary school that has less than 5% students of color. His articulation of identifiable characteristics of his school reveals something of his lack of experience in working with students of color. The purpose of this question was to determine how school leaders identify salient features of their school. The following is the response provided by principal Gibson to the question regarding identifiable characteristics of his school,