1. What solicitation and other violations were committed by Tim Mason? 2. What violations were committed by Catherine Stevens? 3. Empire Insurance believed it had settled the case with "Jim." Who was he? 4. How could attorney Mays contend he did not know who Tim Mason was, when Mason was the one who signed Conley as a client for Mays? 5. Mays settled a claim on behalf of a client he had never met (who had requested to talk with him) and then Mays placed a lien on his client’s future settlement. In light of that and the other activities of his agents, explain how it was that he was only reprimanded.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?