presentation on Business Law

Total contribution needed to cover the old fixed costs + new fixed cost + profit is just the three factors added together.

6. As Bridgestone operates during the next year, do some services deserve more attention than others? (hint: what is their relative contribution to the WACM % and to the total contribution margin? Which services?

Mary McDonald, an 86-year-old woman, was frequently complaining about the high cost of maintenance of her house and high property taxes. She decided to cancel her fire insurance to reduce expenses. Mary’s daughter was aware of her mother’s concern about the property, and she took Mary to the lawyer’s office to sign some papers that would protect her mother. When Mary came to the lawyer’s office, she was advised that the paper she was going to sign was the deed to the property. Mary signed a document. Later on, when the municipal tax bill arrived, Mary McDonald was really surprised to see that the property was in her daughter’s name.

40. Principle of Law: In this case, Esposito hired Excel Construction Company to repair a porch roof. All terms of the agreement were specified in a written contract. And the dispute occurred when Excel had repaired the rear porch roof because in the agreement failed to specify whether it was the front or rear porch that needed repair. Under civil law, two parties here had signed a civil contract in writing. Because the contract failed to specify clearly front or rear porch roof, Excel completed its obligation and didn’t break the contract.

case brief---Gregory, a comedy writer, entered into a contract with Wessel, a comedian. The contract provided that Gregory would provide Wessel with a 15 minute monologue for his upcoming appearance on the comedy hour and Wessel will pay $250 to Gregory. All performers could make $500 per appearance on the comedy hour. and when Wessel was scheduled to aper on the comedy hour, Gregory informed him that he was unable to provide the monologue, because last time Wessel was asked to make special guest appearances at three local comedy clubs performance during the comedy hour. and Wessel bought lawsuit to Gregory for beach of contract and request damages of $1250.

Monthly 50% Monthly Rooms $2,956,500 $2,217,375 $1,478,250 Leases $180,000 $135,000 $90,000 TOTAL REVENUE $3,136,500 $2,352,375 $1,568,250 Expences TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS $454,000 $340,500 $227,000 TOTAL FIXED COSTS $1,403,000 $1,403,001 $1,403,002 TOTAL EXPENSE BEFORE IT $1,857,000 $1,743,501 $1,630,002 EBIT

For 2004, Fixed expenses = 436 (in million €). Also, CM ratio = 653/ 1686 = 0.387

In the case of Anthony, a New Jersey resident and owner of a waste disposal company in the state of New Jersey, and his two business associates, Paul and Silvio, whom suffered severe injuries due to a motor vehicle accident caused by a negligent truck driver; they have great standing to sue against the neglectful driver and the company associated with the ownership of the vehicle. Regardless of the diversity of their residency/ citizenship, the affected party can proceed to sue the corporation responsible for the damages caused by their staff and property; reason being that they are protected under the Constitution’s diversity of citizenship, and the privileges and immunities clause. Furthermore, these two constitutional clauses in addition to the commerce clause, dictate the court that the matter needs to be brought to.

In the Final Paper (Case Study) it speaks to the following case and circumstances. Knarles and Barkley are father and son respectively. Barkley is seventeen years old. They operate a facilities maintenance company that regularly does business in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The company is based in Maryland. They have a number of contracts with building owners where they have agreed to provide building maintenance to both residential and commercial buildings within the three jurisdictions already mentioned. They receive a monthly payment of $2,000 to $4,000 depending upon the size of the building. They bill the owners for any equipment of a substantial nature that has to be replaced.

Bell Microproducts, Inc. mailed to McGurn an offer of employment that stated that if McGurn were terminated without cause during the first 12 months of employment, he would receive a severance package of $120,000. McGurn crossed out 12 and replaced it with 24, and signed the contract. Bell did not acknowledge the change that had been made to the contract and hired the applicant. McGurn was terminated without cause 13 months later.

Contribution Margin = (Unit selling price – unit variable cost) / unit selling price = ($9.00 – $2.60) / $9.00 = 0.7111 = 71.111%

In this table, it reflects the changes in fixed plant overhead from $420,000 to $378,000. The company still has the fixed selling and administrative expense per quarter of $118,000. The new company fixed overhead is now at $496,000 from the past $538,000 ($42,000) change from past to

Please answer the questions posed at the end of each case study in essay form.  Each essay will be judged on your capacity to present strong, logical discussions that support your conclusions.

The following additional facts are collected for use in making adjusting entries on December 31 prior to preparing financial statements for the company’s first three months. Journalize the following adjusting journal entries in the General Journal on page 6 and then post them to

Types of expense |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |Total | | | | | | | | | |Gas |$3,600.00 |$3,600.00 |$3,600.00 |$3,600.00 |$3,600.00 |$18,000.00 | |Repairs and Maintenance |$800.00 |$928.00 |$1,048.00 |$1,160.00 |$1,264.00 |$5,200.00 | |Tires | |$760.00 |$760.00 |$760.00 |$760.00 |$3,040.00 | |Insurance |$2,400.00 |$2,400.00 |$2,400.00 |$2,400.00 |$2,400.00 |$12,000.00 | |Registration and taxes |$848.00 |$720.00 |$600.00 |$488.00 |$384.00 |$3,040.00 | |Depreciation |$9,720.00 |$5,832.00 |$3,500.00 |$2,100.00 |$1,348.00 |$22,500.00 | |Purchase