Matching Pairs Business Law Game #2Online version matching game with different laws that apply to businesses by Stephanie Ganser 1 Finance law 2 Federal Trade Commission 3 U.S. Department of Labor 4 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 5 Bankruptcy laws 6 Antitrust laws 7 Tax laws 8 Indiana Department of Revenue (IDR) 9 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 10 Advertising and marketing laws 11 Securities Law 12 Intellectual property law 13 Employment and Labor Law This agency handles taxes on the federal level. If a business sells publicly traded securities like stocks or bonds on a securities exchange then the business needs to comply with certain financial and reporting obligations. These rules are designed to make trading securities fair and to ensure illegal activities, such as insider trading, do not occur. These laws impact many areas of business, including how products are labeled, how email and telemarketing campaigns can be conducted, the type of health and environmental claims that can be made about a product or service, as well as how a business can advertise to children. This agency oversees federal employment and labor law; however, individual states also have their own specific laws. oversees and regulates advertising and marketing law as well as privacy laws This agency oversees trading on stock exchanges and other modes of security transfers. It makes sure the businesses trading comply with certain financial and reporting requirements to protect traders. These laws allow a debtor who cannot pay his debts resolve his financial dilemma. The laws guide the disposition of available assets to creditors and then relieve the debtor of the remaining liabilities. These laws cover everything from preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace, workplace poster requirements, wage and hour laws and workers’ compensation regulations. Covers trademarks, patents and copyrights These are the laws that cover the rules pertaining to taxes, including income tax, property tax and sales tax. legislation that regulates trade and commerce, to make sure that businesses compete fairly. They prevent, for example, price fixing and monopolies. These laws promote competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive business practices. This agency handles Indiana taxes. Covers antitrust, bankruptcy, and securities laws to protect the financial interests of small businesses and individual investors.