road, and it resulted in another person being har To first understand why she would be label under this mental state, the term of negligence must be defined. Negligence is the “state of mind that accompanies an
What is the Juvenile Court System Juvenile Court cases deal with youthful offenders under the age of eighteen. The system is primarily governed by each individual state (as well as the District of Columbia), unless the state receives federal funds that impose certain restrictions. Original...
If the business owns the patent, the business must protect the patent with the company by having employees involved in the invention process sign an agreement stating that the idea belongs to the company. To maintain the force of the patent, the inventor must pay fees due at 3 1/2, 7 1...
Two or more courts may have precedence over jurisdiction in other cases. In the United States, when both the state and federal courts have jurisdiction over an issue, this is referred to as concurrent jurisdiction. Federal Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction Examples Federal courts have the initial ...
There are 94 federal judicial districts throughout the United States, and each district has a bankruptcy court.5Federal law requires that bankruptcy cases be filed and heard in the judicial district where the filer's primary residence, place of business, or principal assets have been located for...
In 1996, the USPTO wrote "Final Computer Related Examination Guidelines." However, those guidelines were far from final. The guidelines are constantly changing as the result of cases in the Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Appeals. Guidelines issued in 2013 gave direction on both hardware ...
In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discovered German motor vehicle manufacturer, Volkswagen,cheatedon federal emissions tests to make its vehicles seem less harmful to the environment than they were. Volkswagen had installed software into many of its diesel vehicles that could ...
Plaintiff, Elian Gonzalez, a six year old minor, through his “next of friend”, Lazaro Gonzalez, filed an asylum application with the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service), which was denied. The plaintiff’s then filed a claim in the federal district court which stated the Plaintiff...
Cases in which the court finds the defendant has lied or deceived the plaintiff Imagine that plaintiff A sues defendant B because the defendant failed to provide the insurance that was promised in a contract. Plaintiff A made alternative arrangements to guarantee that they were insured. The court...
Crime of Passion Cases Offenders of voluntary manslaughter generally receive hefty punishments, even though some argue that it was an accident or they never intended to hurt the other person. The federal punishment for this type of crime is usually jail time and a fine. The federal statute for...