What if the two largest manufacturers of soft drinks, Coca Cola Co. and PepsiCo, merged? It is likely that the mega-company that resulted would dominate the soft drink industry, squeezing out all of the other smaller competitors. Figure 11.2 Without antitrust laws,…
Figure 11.1 Introduction (Credit: witwiccan/ pixabay/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)) Chapter Outline 11.1 History of Antitrust Law 11.2 Antitrust Laws
The power of administrative agencies comes from the executive branch of the government. Congress passes laws to carry out specific directives. The passing of these laws often creates a need for a government agency that will implement and carry out these…
Administrative law is also referred to as regulatory and public law. It is the law that is related to administrative agencies. Administrative agencies are established by statutes and governed by rules, regulations and orders, court decisions, judicial orders, and decisions. Agencies are created by…
Figure 10.1 Introduction (Credit: JamesDeMers/ pixabay/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)) Chapter Outline 10.1 Administrative Law 10.2 Regulatory Agencies
A Landmark Case In 1982, the financial services company Price Waterhouse announced a vacancy for the position of partner. Ann Hopkins, an employee of the company at the time, applied, but after an assessment, was passed over. Hopkins sued the…
Labor relations is the general term used to describe the relationship between employers and employees, as well as governance of that relationship. It refers to the micro-level interactions that take place between workers and individual managers, as well as the macro-level…
Compared to other countries in the West, stringent and extensive employee protections came fairly late to the United States. Up until 1959, for example, employers had the right to fire a worker without giving any reason. This concept, which was…
Figure 9.1 Introduction (Credit: rawpixel/ pixabay/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)) Chapter Outline 9.1 Employment, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law 9.2 Labor Law 9.3 Equal Opportunity in Employment
Figure 8.3 The law provides remedies for breach of sales contracts. (Credit: rawpixel/ pexels/ License: CC0) Warranties A warranty is a guarantee on the good that comes as part of the sales contract, but contract law treats warranties as an additional form of contract…