ADMS 2610 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Crown Attorney, Garnishment, Alternative Dispute Resolution

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amberclam406

25 Jun 2012

School

York University

Department

Administrative Studies

Course

ADMS 2610

Professor

William Pomerantz

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Get a little understanding of various areas of law. Everyone is entitled to a free 30 minute consultation. Contingency fee if a case is won the lawyer will take some of it. Legal aid free lawyer if we are qualified. In ontario we can choose any lawyer with free legal aid. Law society of upper canada lawyers have a strict set of rules they have to follow. Can take the license away from lawyers. Make a profit (operations; finance, marketing, accounting, strategy) Obey legislation and avoid being sued (e. g. breach of contract negligence. Go beyond the law (. e. g honest, keep promises, respect others, avoid harm, etc. ) The law and ethics are not the same. While they sometimes overlap (e. g. , murder, theft, etc. ), they sometimes do not (e. g. , keeping one"s promise may not be legally required but is ethically re- quired). If a company only hires tall white males as employees, has it breached the charter of rights and.

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1. âLawyers are ordinarily prohibited from disclosing confidential client information. This attorney-client privilege is designed to permit candor between a client and their counsel. There are exceptions, however, such as when a lawyer is advised or believes a client is about to commit a crime. Still, in the corporate setting, it is rare for a lawyer to call out a client corporation. What responsibility should a corporation's lawyer have to blow-the-whistle when corporations are behaving illegally? What about the behavior of a specific officer or director? Does the fact that corporations really are not people, but are comprised of people with certain duties and roles, make any difference?

2. It is a well-established principle that corporate officers and directors have a fiduciary duty to the corporation and it's shareholders, even when it is contrary to the interests of other stakeholders (including creditors and other individuals or businesses the corporation regularly deals with). What obligations, if any, should corporate directors and officers have to third parties? What should directors and officers do when the interests of the corporation, shareholders, and creditors diverge (such as an insolvency situation)?

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ADMS 2610 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Crown Attorney, Garnishment, Alternative Dispute Resolution

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