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- 2. When certain conditions are satisfied, this doctrine gives foreign nations immunity from U.S. jurisdiction
- 3. Used to control imports by increasing the cost of a product by taxing the importation.
- 7. Are prohibited from using automatic dialing systems and prerecorded voices.
- 10. A disclosure law that requires sellers and lenders to disclose credit terms or loan terms (costs) in certain transactions, including retail installment sales and loans, car loans, home-improvement loans, and certain real estate loans.
- 12. Regulates air pollution by directing the Environmental Protection Agency to set air pollution standards, requiring states to develop state implementation plans for meeting air pollution standards, and allowing citizens to sue companies that pollute and sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failure to enforce the law and regulations.
- 13. A common law doctrine under which persons may be held liable if their use of their property unreasonably interferes with others’ rights to use their own property.
- 15. Manufacturers must comply with these requirements for their specific products. In general, all must be accurate and not misleading.
- 16. Consists of international and national laws that govern activities in outer space.
- 17. A consumer credit act that examines lenders’ practices regarding race, religion, national origin, color, gender, marital status, or age.
- 18. May be required, so that the advertiser can correct the earlier misinformation.
- 20. Also known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), regulates clean-up of hazardous waste disposal sites.
- 21. The primary agency regulating environmental law and administers most federal environmental policies and statutes
- 23. Under this principle, nations give effect to the laws and judicial decrees of other nations, as long as they are consistent with the law and public policy of the accommodating nation
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- 1. U.S. laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- 4. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits these people from using unfair debt-collection practices
- 5. Any conspiracy that has a substantial effect on commerce within the United States may be subject to this.
- 6. Type of laws that permit buyers of goods sold in certain sales transactions (such as trade shows and door-to-door sales) to cancel their contracts within three business days.
- 8. May be applied to wrongful acts that take place in foreign jurisdictions under the Alien Tort Statute.
- 9. Type of advertising that would mislead a reasonable consumer.
- 11. Used by the United States to discourage importers from underselling U.S. businesses.
- 14. First part of a two part advertising ploy offers a low price on a product to lure someone to a store.
- 19. Harm that was a foreseeable result of the firm’s failure to exercise reasonable care.
- 22. This analyzes the action’s impact on the environment, its adverse effects and possible alternatives, and its irreversible effects on environmental quality.