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Approach refers to moving toward the bench, a witness, or the jury box in court.

Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico Governing the Emancipation of Minors

This page links to the laws of the states dealing with the "emancipation" of minors, that is, the provisions dealing with when and on what conditions children are released from parental authority and become "adults" for important legal purposes..

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Overview

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.

• labor law
• labor and employment law
• employment discrimination
• STATUTE
• federal statute

Health care fraud is a type of white-collar crime that involves the filing of dishonest health care claims in order to turn a profit. Fraudulent health care schemes come in many forms.

Insanity and diminished capacity are two related, but distinct legal terms that are relevant in the field of Criminal Law. Both concepts can be used by individuals as defenses against a wide variety of charged crimes.

Overview

The insanity defense refers to a defense that a defendant can plead in a criminal trial. In an insanity defense, the defendant admits the action but asserts a lack of culpability based on mental illness. 

• insanity
• complete defense
• criminal law
• defense

Advance fee frauds involve victims paying money in the hope of receiving something of greater value. This type of fraud takes on a myriad of forms, but they share some characteristics in common. Defrauders will often reach out to an investor and offer to pay an exorbitant price for securities owned by the investor, even if these securities are nearly worthless. The investor is sometimes referred to a fake website that the defrauder uses to bui

• securities law
• investor protection guide

In this investment scheme, brokers may advise clients that they can retire early by cashing out their retirement accounts – such as a 401(k) or

• securities law
• investor protection guide

Affinity fraud is not a singular specific type of fraud but is rather defined as any and all frauds targeted towards members of an identifiable group of individuals such as those with a common religion, ethnic heritage, background, or interests. The perpetrators of affinity fraud may pretend or may be members of the targeted group. They exploit the groups' inherent common trust to recruit victims for a fraud.

• securities law
• investor protection guide

An Equity-Indexed Annuity (“EIA”) is a financial product from insurance agencies that offers a minimum guaranteed return combined with a return linked to a market index. EIAs involve an “accumulation period,” when an investor makes a lump sum payment or a series of payments to the insurer, and a period following the accumulation period when the insurer makes a lump sum payment or a series of payments to the investor.   

• securities law
• investor protection guide