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Article / Updated 03-19-2021
The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1967, made some arrangements about the presidency and vice presidency. Most of the 25th Amendment addresses points like who replaces the US president if he dies while in office or resigns, how to fill a vacancy in the vice presidency, and how a president can temporarily transfer powers to the vice president in the event he cannot discharge his duties.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-18-2022
The Constitution (and constitutional law) affords people many rights, establishes the United States government, and defines and limits the government’s powers. The nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices are the ultimate interpreters of the Constitution. Finding out about the Supreme Court and the decisions it has made in constitutional cases over the years helps you understand the United States a little bit better.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-23-2022
To be successful in contract law, you need to know the rules and be able to analyze fact situations in the light of those rules. This Cheat Sheet introduces some of the most important concepts in contract law — such as contract formation, promises enforceable because of reliance and restitution, the statute of frauds, the parol evidence rule, and damages for breach of contract — and boils them down for easy reference.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016
If you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching logo, or an exciting business concept, you need to understand how to safeguard your creations. This Cheat Sheet gives you a basic grounding in intellectual property to ensure that you’re the only one cashing in on your creativity and hard work.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-06-2022
Deciphering the law can be a tricky thing, but you're not alone! Legal help (some free of charge) and information for understanding the law with things like debt, fraud, and discrimination are available through a wide variety of legal groups and government agencies.Helpful legal organizations and government agenciesIf paying your bills is becoming difficult and you want help negotiating lower monthly debt payments, contact a nonprofit credit counseling office (most are known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service) affiliated with the nonprofit National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-14-2022
Law school is a major challenge — especially the first year — and a major opportunity. Knowing how to make yourself a standout applicant gets you into the classroom, where you can make use of techniques to get the most out of all three years of law school. You'll also need to look for appropriate jobs during the summers.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-01-2022
You protect physical property with security systems and watchdogs, you protect your intellectual property with a patent, copyright, or trademark. To use these safeguards, you need to know the steps involved in the patent process, the basics of copyright protection, and how to identify your design, idea, or other creative work legally.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016
The law in the United Kingdom gives citizens their rights and the means of protecting and enforcing those rights. This Cheat Sheet gives you some of the most important information about the law and your rights up front.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-21-2021
Entrepreneurs in the United Kingdome don't normally think about planning their legal journey alongside planning other aspects of the business. Here are five typical life stages of a small or medium-size enterprise and their associated legal issues that you need to address.They form a map that may just stop you from losing your way in the middle of nowhere and driving your business into a legal muddy field — with a bored cow staring at your crying children in the backseat and a stony-faced spouse Googling "quick divorces" on your smart phone.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
A copyright protects an Original Work of Authorship (OWA) — think short story, computer program, or song lyrics, for example — which must have tangible form, be a result of significant mental activity, have no inherent technical function, and be the author’s original creation. Here’s the skinny on copyrights: As soon as you create an OWA, you automatically have a copyright, which prevents others from copying, publishing, or performing your work.