Charles Is One Year from Retirement When He Reads in the Newspaper

question 60

Multiple Choice

Charles is one year from retirement when he reads in the newspaper that his employer has been accused of taking the money from the employees' defined benefit retirement plan to finance the reconfiguration of the Houston manufacturing plant. Under which law will his employer be prosecuted?

• A) Social Security Act
• B) Economic Recovery and Tax Act
• C) Federal racketeering law
• D) Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• E) Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act

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Definitions:

Price Fixing

An illegal agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain market conditions so the price remains at a given level.

Illegal

Activities or actions that are prohibited by law and subject to criminal or civil penalties.

Resale Price Maintenance

A practice where the original manufacturer of a product controls the retail price at which resellers must sell the product.

Sherman Act

A landmark federal statute in the field of United States antitrust law passed by Congress in 1890 to prohibit monopolistic business practices.