文档介绍：Unit 12
On the Business Legal Front
商业法律前沿动态
Comprehension questions
1. What were the reasons that the spouse of the worker lashed out against EA?
2. When was plaint formally filed and what did they want to achieve?
3. What are the legal proceedings to start a class action lawsuit?
4. What was EA’s position to react to the ing lawsuit?
Part A Exercises
1) Directions: Listen to the first news item carefully and decide whether the
following statements are “T”(True) or “F”(False).
(1) ( ) Electronic Arts said on Wednesday that it will pay $156 million to settle a
lawsuit.
(2) ( ) The employees charged that EA violated environmental laws.
(3) ( ) Under the settlement 200 entry-level artists will e hourly workers
eligible for overtime pay.
(4) ( ) Those employees will also get bonuses and stock option grants.
(5) ( ) Workers at Silicon panies traditionally prefer long work hours
with overtime pay.
2) Directions: Listen to the second news item carefully plete the following
passage by filling in the words you hear from the recording.
PayPal frequently locks customers' accounts if it suspects that ________ played a part
in a transaction, even if the amount ___________ is a fraction of the total amount in
an account, said Gail Koff, an attorney and founding partner of Jacoby & Meyers,
which filed the lawsuit. The result i