Exam 4: The Multinational Enterprise

Which of the following doctrines excuses an injured claimant who can show that a product was defective when it left the hands of the defendant from having to prove that the defendant caused the defect?

An international multinational enterprise differs from a multinational enterprise in that an international multinational enterprise ________.

A branch is an independently organized and incorporated company.

The _______ is a jurisdictional test required by due process that looks to see if a person had such associations with a state, did business within the state, and could reasonably have anticipated that it would have to defend itself there.

The Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions make it a crime for individuals and juridical persons to bribe or attempt to bribe a foreign official.

By piercing the company veil, a court exposes the shareholders of the company to personal liability.

How do the courts determine the members of a common enterprise?

A business that grants licenses to a foreign national or foreign business entity is not a multinational enterprise.

Which of the following acts forbids monopolies and attempts to monopolize commerce or trade either between the states of the United States or in international commerce affecting the United States?

A holding company is a branch that in turn owns other branches.

Which of the following is true of American anti-trust laws?

A corporation and its owners are considered a single juridical entity.

________ prohibits contracts, agreements, and conspiracies that restrain interstate or international trade.

The principal limitation of the assumption of personal jurisdiction by U.S. courts is the federal constitutional requirement of due process.

Which of the following is the reason why alter ego companies come under the purview of piercing the company veil?

The American antitrust laws authorize a court to assume personal jurisdiction if a defendant has the contacts specified by ________.

A legal relationship sufficiently close and direct to support a legal claim on behalf of or against another with whom the relationship exists is referred to as ________.

Once a particular kind of activity is classified as a per se violation, the courts then ________.