Questions from Business Law

Q: Pro Golf, a U.S. company, manufactured and

Pro Golf, a U.S. company, manufactured and sold golf equipment under the brand name “First Flight,” which had been registered in the United States and certain other foreign countries. Pro Golf negotia...

Q: Plaintiff, a Swiss corporation, entered into contracts to purchase chicken

Plaintiff, a Swiss corporation, entered into contracts to purchase chicken from B.N.S. International Sales Corporation. Defendant was a New York corporation. The English language contracts called for...

Q: Keefe Energy, Inc., a U.S. firm,

Keefe Energy, Inc., a U.S. firm, enters into a joint venture with Energia Guerra, S.A., a Mexican firm, to build and operate a coal-fired electric-power-generating plant with an estimated useful life...

Q: Assume the same facts as in Question 1, except that the

Assume the same facts as in Question 1, except that the joint venture is to build and operate a computer microcircuit manufacturing plant. What different considerations come into play in government re...

Q: Would a U.S. court override an employer’s contractual rights

Would a U.S. court override an employer’s contractual rights (as the Supreme Court of Japan did) because of a countervailing “socially accepted view”? What if the employment contract was between a dru...

Q: List three reasons why giving employees equity shares in the new private

List three reasons why giving employees equity shares in the new private entity makes sense. Give a reason that is principally applicable in Eastern Europe. What are two disadvantages associated with...

Q: Susan Currie is a U.S. manufacturer of tear gas

Susan Currie is a U.S. manufacturer of tear gas, which she sells to various governments for crowd control. To reduce transportation costs to the interested governments, Ms. Currie is considering build...

Q: What financing alternatives would be available to a U.S.

What financing alternatives would be available to a U.S. firm that was interested in investing in a proposed manufacturing plant in a small country that recently left the communist bloc and did not wi...

Q: If a U.S. company establishes a 100 percent subsidiary

If a U.S. company establishes a 100 percent subsidiary in another country, what three general aspects of U.S. income tax law should the company be sure it has addressed?

Q: What are the implications for an American who purchases shares in a

What are the implications for an American who purchases shares in a German company on the basis of inside information?