Dr. Jamison is approached by Druggie McDrugerstein Pharmaceu…

Dr. Jamison is approached by Druggie McDrugerstein Pharmaceuticals, which asks him to prescribe their new pain medication.  The pharmaceutical company offers to pay him $1 per prescription.  Dr. Jamison doesn’t see a problem with this, since it’s a small amount of money and he doesn’t prescribe the medication to anyone who doesn’t have a medical need for it.  This arrangement might violate which of the following statutes? 

Ultraawesome Imaging is one of the nation’s biggest manufact…

Ultraawesome Imaging is one of the nation’s biggest manufacturers and distributors of ultrasound machines.  Due to the success of its marketing and the superiority of its products, it has gained a 60% market share of ultrasound machines in 8 of the 10 largest healthcare markets in the country.  New-Fangled Ultrasounds is a new ultrasound manufacturing company, and it’s trying to break into various US markets.  Ultraawesome gets wind of these attempts after a number of its purchasers ask about their quality compared to New-Fangled, as well as the lower prices being offered by New-Fangled.  Trying to avoid any defamation claim, the CEO of Ultraawesome responds to these questions by just highlighting the long track record of their machines, since they’ve been in the business for decades.  However, the CEO becomes concerned about the threat to Ultraawesome’s bottom line with a new competitor.  The CEO decides to make an offer to New-Fangled to purchase its business and technology, including all patents obtained by New-Fangled.  Since New-Fangled is just starting to enter a lot of the same markets, the purchase wouldn’t increase Ultraawesome’s market share, but it would give Ultraawesome a small market share in rural areas where it has very few sales currently. Following a complaint by another competitor to the FTC contesting the potential purchase, the FTC investigates and decides to prohibit the acquisition of New-Fangled by Ultraawesome.  Ultraawesome contests the decision in Federal District Court.  Should the judge overseeing the case use the rule of reason or per se violation doctrine to decide the case, and why? Should the potential purchase be deemed a violation of antitrust law, and why or why not? (2-3 sentences)

Joseph works as an administrator at a large physician multis…

Joseph works as an administrator at a large physician multispecialty practice (200 total employees).  He’s an observant Jew and wears a yarmulke (small skullcap) to work and at most other times.  In order to avoid offending patients, management decides to prohibit employees from wearing outward signs of religion.  However, since most patients and employees are Christian, management makes an exception for jewelry that contains crosses or other symbols of Christianity.  Joseph is told that he can no longer wear his yarmulke at work, and no exception is provided for jewelry containing a Star of David, a traditional symbol of Judaism.  Do the decisions of management violate the Civil Rights Act?