...consumer filed a federal complaint alleging that a lender violated a disclosure statute. The complaint states the loan date, the disclosure form used, the missing finance-charge box, and the consumer's resulting overpay...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, Ashcroft v. Iqbal
A newspaper challenged a state campaign-finance disclosure law in state court. The state supreme court rejected the newspaper's First Amendment argument. The court also held, in a separate section, that the newspaper wou...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Michigan v. Long
A public-interest group sought records from a federal agency under a disclosure statute and lost after the court ruled that the records were exempt. Nia, a journalist who sometimes volunteers with the group, did not fund...
Citations: Taylor v. Sturgell
Before marriage, a spouse signed a written agreement after full disclosure waiving any elective share in the other spouse's estate. After the other spouse dies, the surviving spouse seeks an elective share anyway. Which...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code section 2-213, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...riage, two adults sign a written agreement after exchanging financial disclosures. The agreement provides that each spouse waives claims to the other's premarital property and elective share. Which statement is most accu...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act section 6, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. After an initial agreement or ruling, later conduct created ambiguity about whether the requi...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The key event occurred after warnings, partial performance, and a written objection by the af...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. Two legally significant facts point in different directions and the decision maker must deter...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. A party relied on common practice, but the record includes facts suggesting that practice was...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The requested remedy would protect one party but impose a substantial burden on another party...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. One side relies on notice and practical reliance; the other side points to an omitted formal...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The moving party has the burden on a contested element, and the opponent identifies a plausib...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The facts support the doctrine in part, but a timing problem may limit the requested remedy...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. Another actor changed position after relying on the relevant statement, document, or official...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The record contains both written proof and disputed oral testimony. Which answer gives the be...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. A party invokes an equitable or discretionary remedy after contributing to the problem. What...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The decision maker must choose between a categorical shortcut and a fact-sensitive standard...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. One argument was preserved, while another was raised only later. Which result best accounts f...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The disputed action was partly authorized but exceeded an important limitation. Which stateme...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
Directors approved a conflicted transaction after incomplete disclosure and shareholders challenged the injury classification. The facts are close, and both sides can cite a rule that appears favorable. What should a str...
Citations: MBCA and LLC principles, Business judgment rule, Derivative action doctrine
...expert. Instead, it cited the worker's interrogatory answers, expert disclosures, and deposition excerpts showing that the worker had disclosed no expert who would testify that the solvent can cause the disease or that...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c), Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e), Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
...s joint property. Each spouse has counsel and receives full financial disclosure. Later, one spouse argues that spouses can never alter property rights by agreement during marriage. Which statement is most accurate? The...
Citations: Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...'s and contractor's potential defenses based on misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mistake, and risk allocation. This essay tests misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mutual mistake, unilatera...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 161, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 164, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 153, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154
...ility treatment publicly. The candidate sues the newspaper for public disclosure of private facts. The newspaper argues that everything it printed was true and that the public had an interest in a candidate's health. Ana...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
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