Category: Business law
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Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce in the United States The phrase âinterstate commerce,â as used in the United States, denotes commerce between the citizens of different states of the Union. The words âinterstateâ and âintrastateâ are not found in the constitution nor, until comparatively recently, in […]
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Corporation
Corporation in United States Corporation Definition (Lat. corpus, a body). A franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination, and are vested, by the policy of the law, with the capacity of perpetual succession, and of acting in […]
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CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure CEO pay ratios in 2018 For the 2018 proxy season, most public companies will be required to disclose the pay ratio between their CEO and the median compensated employee, in what is commonly known as the “CEO Pay Ratio.”1 Although the CEO Pay Ratio rules may be repealed2 or delayed3 in…
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CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure CEO pay ratios in 2018 For the 2018 proxy season, most public companies will be required to disclose the pay ratio between their CEO and the median compensated employee, in what is commonly known as the “CEO Pay Ratio.”1 Although the CEO Pay Ratio rules may be repealed2 or delayed3 in…
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Shareholders
Shareholders in the United States Shareholders and the State Laws Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Shareholders: Shareholders in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal Shareholders in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal Shareholders in the Subject […]
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Disclosure
Disclosure in the United States Release of information by one side in a legal case to the other side. Disclosure typically involves a prosecutor revealing information to the defense in a criminal case, but defense disclosure occurs in certain situations as well. Disclosure is a kind of […]
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Estoppel
Estoppel in the United States Estoppel Definition The preclusion of a person from asserting a fact by previous conduct, inconsistent therewith, on his own part, or the part of those under whom he claims, or by a solemn establishment, which he cannot be allowed to call in question. A […]
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Identity Theft
Identity Theft in the United States Identity Theft in the case of Lawyers By Deborah Rosenthal Studies suggested that as many as a million such thefts occur every year. And privacy experts say attorneys are among the most attractive targets because they tend to have good credit and preside […]
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Claims
Claims in the United States Claims Definition Patent Claims in this Legal Encyclopedia Patent Claims definition in the Law Dictionary Corporate Receivership: Claims This section covers the following: Necessity for ling claims Place for presentation Deadline for ling claims […]
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Claims
Claims in the United States Claims Definition Patent Claims in this Legal Encyclopedia Patent Claims definition in the Law Dictionary Corporate Receivership: Claims This section covers the following: Necessity for ling claims Place for presentation Deadline for ling claims […]
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Compensatory Damages
Compensatory Damages in the United States Compensation seeks to remedy not merely the injured economic value but also the pain and suffering to the defendant. The former is known as pecuniary losses (Vermögenscschäden) and the latter as non-material damages (Immaterieller Einbussen) […]
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Compensatory Damages
Compensatory Damages in the United States Compensation seeks to remedy not merely the injured economic value but also the pain and suffering to the defendant. The former is known as pecuniary losses (Vermögenscschäden) and the latter as non-material damages (Immaterieller Einbussen) […]
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General Business
Basics of general business information in the the United States. There is also additional information and resources on related topics in the United States.