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BUS 260 Final
Question | Answer |
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The Robinson-Patman Act makes it un;awful for a purchaser to receive the benefit of an actual discrimination in price | true |
Tying agreements are illegal per se | False |
The FTC may issue regulations for an entire industry | true |
The passage of time per se in no barrier to a court requiring the divesture of stock acquired in (word) of Section 7 Of the Clayton Act and the violations are to be measured at time of sold rather than at time of acquisition | false |
There was a merger between 2nd largest can producer and 3rd largest glass jar producer. There merger is not a violation of section 7 of the Clayton Act | false |
A charge of price fixing can be defended against if the prices are not unreasonable under the "rule of reason" defense | false |
Six major film distributors when selling films to television stations have a block-booking requirement. such contracts may be enjoined as violations of the antitrust laws | true |
Interlocking directorates are attacked under section 8 of Clayton Act rather than under the Sherman Act | true |
The FTC used a test for judging the credibility of an advertisement called the "fool test" | true |
A change of price fixing can be defended against if the prices are lower than they were before | false |
A "cease and desist" order has the same effect as an injunction | true |
State workers' compensation statues provide for payments for a stated period to workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own | false |
"bait and switch" refers to an advertisement that fails to disclose that a "mock-up" is used | false |
The Federal Trade Commission Act was passed the same year as the Clayton Act | true |
Persons injured by a violation of the antitrust laws may recover three times their actual damages in an action against the violating corporation | true |
Mergers are generally attacked under Section 7 of the Clayton Act rather than under the Sherman Act | true |
In many Section 7 Clayton Act cases, the definition of the products market may decide the outcome of the case | true |
It is deceptive practice for a seller to state falsely that a product ordinarily sells for an inflated price but that is being offered at a special reduced price even if the offered price represents the actual value of the product | true |
Arbitration involves the Intervention of a third party in an attempt to reconcile or settle a dispute without the power to compel acceptance of any proposed settlement | false |
A "consent order" means that a business has the FTC consent to engage in sales | false |
In a highly concentrated industry, a horizontal acquisition by a larger company will usually be held to violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act | true |
in many Section 7 Clayton Act cases, the definition of the geographic market may decide the outcome of the case | true |
A pure conglomerate merger is one in which there are no economic relationships between the merging an the merged firms | true |
"yellow-dog" contracts are those which require management to hire exclusively union help | false |
under modern state laws, an employer can be held liable for injuries his employees sustain even if the employer is not at fault in any way. | true |
if a persons injured by a violation of the antitrust laws may recover only their actual damages in an action against the violating corporation | false |
The FTC can stop a illegal business in its incipiency | true |
The agency or agencies that can enter a "cease and desist order is the: | Federal Trade Commission |
Price discrimination is defined as: | charging two people different prices for the same product |
Labor unions are: | completely exempt from the antitrust laws |
An interlocking directorate is specifically prohibited by the: | Clayton Act |
the Act that required certain businesses to keep record of the hours worked per week by employees and the ages paid them is the: | Fair Labor Standards Act |
The major defense to charge of price discrimination are: | 3 of the above (good faith meeting of a competition, changing conditions, cost savings) |
The act was designed to return the control of unions to their members and made embezzlement of union funds a Federal crime was the: | None of the Above |
the tort law area that most adequately describes Workers' Compensation) is: | Strict Liability |
The common law defenses (which are no lover available under Workers' Compensation) invoked by employers to avoid liability for injuries sustained by their employees are: | 3 of the above (assumption of risk. contributory negligence, fellow servant doctrine) |
Which of the following are legal sanctions provided for a violations of the Sherman Act? | 3 of the above (Criminal fine or imprisonment, injunction, treble damages) |
The Act that provided for a court injunction for an 80 day "cooling-off period" in certain labor disputes is the: | taft-hartley Act |
Which of the following are employer practices defined by the Wagner Act to be unfair to labor? | Yellow dog contracts |
A mock-up is not allowed to be used in an advertisement if: | 2 of the above (the test is not conducted as claimed, it is represented as actual proof of the claim |
Which of the following would be considered tying contracts? | 2 of the above |
the difference between mediation and arbitration is that: | with one, a decision is rendered by a disinterested party; with the other, no decision is rendered by the disinterested party |
Which of the following is illegal per se? | Price fixing |
Workers' compensation is primarily designed for the benefit of: | Employees |
the statute that contributed the most to union growth is: | Wagner Act |
the Act the prohibits tying contracts is the: | None of the above |