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LAW 531 Final Exam Correct Answers

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3. Gath Meat Packing Company is a meat processing business. To reduce costs and<br />

increase profits, the president and CEO of Gath orders Gath’s employees to violate<br />

federal criminal meat processing laws. The United States Department of Justice<br />

prosecutes Gath for criminal violations of the meat processing law. Has Gath committed<br />

criminal violations?<br />

a) Yes, because the president and CEO, a high-level administrator of Gath, authorized the<br />

commission of the crimes.<br />

b) No, because the board of directors did not authorize the president and CEO or the other<br />

employees to violate federal law.<br />

c) No, because a corporation is not liable for most crimes committed by its agents.<br />

d) Yes, because a corporation is always liable for the crimes committed by its agents.<br />

4. For which of the following would a shareholder derivative action be appropriate?<br />

a) The shareholder alleges that the corporation has violated the shareholder’s preemptive<br />

right.<br />

b) The shareholder alleges that the board of directors has imprudently managed the<br />

corporation.<br />

c) The shareholder has refused a request that his/her accountant be permitted to look at<br />

the corporate accounting records.<br />

d) The shareholder alleges that the corporation has been paying dividends to a previous<br />

shareholder from whom the shareholder purchased his/her shares.<br />

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5. To prove his or her due diligence defense under the Securities Act Section 11 with regard<br />

to audited financial statements, an officer of the issuer must prove which of the<br />

following?<br />

a) The officer had no intent to misstate or omit a material fact in the audited financial<br />

statements.<br />

b) The officer had no reason to believe the financial statements omitted or misstated a<br />

material fact.<br />

c) The officer made a reasonable investigation into the accuracy of the audited financial<br />

statements.<br />

d) The officer believed the financial statements did not omit or misstate a material fact.

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