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Business News 10 (Transcript) - Viacom Sues YouTube
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Loading ...Business News 10 - Viacom Sues YouTube for 1 Billion Dollars
Today we have a Business English News story on a company that’s been in the news quite a bit recently - YouTube. In particular, we refresh and discuss some of the key vocabulary we covered in our Video Vocab series on the law and legal vocabulary:
Video Vocab 04 - Basic Legal Terms
Video Vocab 05 - Court Cases
Video Vocab 06 - Commercial Law
Check back on the weekend for a transcript and some new practice activities!
(20 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Video Vocab 06: Law 3 - Commercial Law
This video podcast introduces definitions and collocations related to commercial law, including: contract law; copyright; intellectual property rights, arbitration, lawsuit; to sue; to litigate; plaintiff; defendant; damages; settlement; injunction & to appeal.
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This is the second in our 3-part Video Vocab series on the law. Today we focus on the vocabulary used to describe the actions and people involved in a court case.
Key Vocabulary:
Court case (n), trial (n), judge (n), jury (n), witness (n), defendant (n), innocent (adj), guilty (adj), plea (n), testify (v), deliberate (v), verdict (n), convict (v), sentence (v), fine (n) & prison sentence (n).
A PDF transcript of the podcast is available here:
(16 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...Video Vocab 04: Law 1 - Basic Legal Vocabulary
In this epsiode of Video Vocab we’re going to look at basic vocabulary related to the law. This is the first in a three-part series: part 1 covers basic legal terms, part 2 will look at words related to a court case and part 3 will look at the vocabulary related to commercial law.
Key Vocabulary:
1. Law (civil, criminal, contract, property, trust, tort, constituational, administrative & international)
2. Lawyer (AmE = Attorney, BrE = Solicitor)
3. Defense
4. Prosecution
5. Case
A PDF transcript of the podcast is available here:
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