What is the purpose of ERISA?

What will be an ideal response?


To protect the security of private pension plans from mismanagement.

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?Which of the following is generally a pre-death task in the administration of a trust?

A. ?Filing the annual individual income tax returns B. ?Opening a checking account for the trust C. ?Preparing a schedule of property held outside the trust D. ?Requesting discharge as trustee

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State-run lotteries are not illegal gambling because:

A) the odds against winning are so high, players are not gambling, they voluntarily paying taxes. B) state legislatures authorize the lotteries and ensure the proceeds are used for appropriate public expenditures. C) they are games of skill, not chance. D) state governments are tax exempt and therefore exempt from the federal ban on games of chance. E) they provide a legal outlet for incurable chronic gamblers.

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What are the different approaches the Supreme Court has used to determine whether a particular activity constitutes a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause?

What will be an ideal response?

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What type of contractual provision is designed to prevent a party from introducing "parol evidence" or extrinsic evidence of negotiations that occurred before the agreement was written and signed?

a. arbitration b. indemnity c. merger d. severability

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