Question

For each definition (or portion of a definition in the first column, select the term that most closely applies. Each term may be used only once or not at all.

Answer 1

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A federal securities statute covering registration statements for securities Securities to be sold to the public Act of 1933 A method of allocating damages to each group that is liable according to that group's pro-rata share of any damages recovered by the plaintiff. For example, if the plaintiff was awarded a total of $500,000 and the CPAs were found to bear 30 percent of the responsibility for the damages, the CPAs would be assessed $150,000 Proportionate liability Proximate C. Damage to another is directly attributable to a wrongdoer's act. This issue may be raised as a defense in litigation-that is, the defense may argue that some other factor caused the loss cause d Failure of one or both parties to a contract to perform in accordance with the contract's provisions. Breach of contract e Intent to deceive, manipulates, or defraud. This concept is used in the 1934 Securities Exchange Act to establish auditor liability Scienter Misrepresentation by a person of a material fact, known by that person to be untrue or made with reckless indifference as to whether the fact is true, Fraud with intent to deceive and with the result that another party is injured Performing duties with such recklessness that persons believing the duties to have been completed carefully are being misled. The person performing the duties does not have knowledge of misrepresentations within the financial statements Constructive fraud Unwritten law that has developed through court decisions; it represents judicial interpretation of a society's concept of fairness Common law Violation of a legal duty to exercise a degree of care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances Negligence Written law created by state or federal legislative Statutory law bodies

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