Smaller reporting company is a class of reporting company which has relaxed Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X disclosure requirements.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 12b-2 establishes the requirements for a...
ACADEMIC TOPICS
sodomy
Sodomy refers to anal or oral intercourse. As explained in Bass v. State, “Sodomy is defined as any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.”
Traditionally, sodomy has been...
sound recording
Under the Copyright Act, a sound recording is defined as a work consisting of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, fixed in a tangible medium (e.g. a disk, tape, or phonorecord). However, the sounds accompanying a motion picture or...
sounds in
Sounds in refers to an underlying legal basis or cause of action in a lawsuit. For example, a tort claim sounds in tort, and a contract claim sounds in contract.
This case from Georgia, shows the use of the phrase “sounds...
sovereignty
Sovereignty is a political concept that refers to a dominant power or supreme authority. In a monarchy, supreme power resides in the sovereign, such as a king or queen. In modern democracies, sovereign power rests with the people and is...
speaking objection
A speaking objection is a type of objection made during a legal proceeding, usually a deposition or trial, where the attorney provides more information or commentary than is necessary to state the basis of the objection. Many states have...
Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500)
Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) is an index of the 500 largest U.S. public companies. It measures companies’ size by their market capitalization. The S&P 500 is generally seen as a gauge as to how America’s largest companies and...
star chamber proceedings
Star chamber proceeding is a phrase used in litigation to refer to an arbitrary and unfair adjudicatory proceeding. The term derives from the Star Chamber Courts of Medieval and early-modern England, which were at first used to try noblemen...
stare decisis
Stare decisis is the doctrine that courts will adhere to precedent in making their decisions. Stare decisis means “to stand by things decided” in Latin.
When a court faces a legal argument, if a previous court has ruled on...
statutory construction
Statutory construction is the process of determining what a particular statute means so that a court may apply it accurately; also known as statutory interpretation. Although sometimes the words of a statute may have a plain meaning; in many...