Business law paper

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Course: BCO125 Business Law (Spring 2021) Professor: Lusine Minasyan

FINAL ASSIGNMENT

Task details:

 This is an individual assignment.  Answers the questions specified below (see page 2). Make sure you are providing sufficient and relevant legal arguments sustaining

your answers. When using real case example(s) in support of your standpoint, there should be a clear reference to that/those case(s).  All the sources should be correctly cited, and the legal grounds clearly identified.  The submission must be in PDF file format.

Formalities:

 Wordcount: 1000 to 1500 words  Structure: Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.  Font: Arial 11 pts.  Text alignment: Justified.  Citation: The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 13 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Due before 9 May 2021 at 23:59.

Weight: This task is 40% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

 Outcome 1: Learn how to find and analyze the relevant case-law.  Outcome 2: Understand the essence and implications of M&A operations.  Outcome 3: Evaluate potential IP rights and develop their prevention mechanisms.

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Task:

1) Question 1 (30%) Explain the doctrine of the “corporate veil” and provide a summary of at least one judgement where it was pierced/lifted (IMPORTANT! DO NOT USE THE CASES THAT ARE MENTIONED/DISCUSSED IN THE COURSE MATERIAL PDF, OTHERWISE IT WILL COUNT AS NOT ANSWERED).

2) Question 2 (30%) Describe the difference between mergers and acquisitions, bring at least two famous examples of each with corresponding details of the operation (NOTA BENE: RESEARCH, DO NOT COPY THE EXAMPLES OF GROUPMATES!).

3) Question 3 (40%) A friend of yours comes up with a brilliant business idea for sharing private cars between different users. He claims that the system is much better than anything inexistence, here or elsewhere in Europe. When you ask him for details, he tells you the following: the shared cars are private vehicles, owned by ordinary citizens, the sharing is based on a smartphone app and there is a small piece of hardware with a SIM card, which each shared car will have attached to it. This is an entirely newly designed piece of equipment. Your friend is now concerned that others will steal his ideas. He asks you the following:

a) Which intellectual property rights are potentially involved in this case? (Name the right and explain its essence) (20%)

b) How exactly can you friend protect those rights? (Explain the procedure) (20%)

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Rubrics: Identification of

main Issues/Problems

25%

Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the main issues / problems in the topic.

Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.

Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the topic

Does not identify or demonstrate an acceptable understanding of the issues/problems in the topic

Analysis and Evaluation of

Issues / Problems

25%

Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified issues/problems.

Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issues identified.

Presents a superficial analysis of some of the identified issues.

Presents an incomplete analysis of the identified issues.

Development of Ideas

and Opinions

25%

Supports diagnosis and opinions with strong arguments and well- documented evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective. Excellent use of Harvard style

Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented. Good use of Harvard style

Little action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the topic. Some use of Harvard style.

No action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the topic. Failed to use or incorrect use of Harvard style

Link to Legal Theories and

Additional Research

25%

Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements with relevant and thoughtful research, case/s and cites all sources of information

Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; demonstrates limited research.

Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.

Makes no connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.