The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 13, Problem 2CT
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Case summary: Person DT and person MS had formed an university TEI. It sold courses on real estate investing. The attorney general ES alleged that the university was illegal, and that it had committed fraud persistently. A suit was filed against the university in the court. Attorney general ES appealed further after the court dismissed the case.
To find : The result of the case if the courses in real estate investing were offered online.
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