(186) A vote-for-vote exchange in which each party promises to vote for the other party's preferred candidate should be considered "
valuable consideration." (187)
Numerous states have criminal prohibitions on the sale of organs for
valuable consideration. (69) Contracts to commit an illegal act are, of course, unenforceable.
(67) The National Organ Transplant Act expressly prohibits trading organs for
valuable consideration. The Act provides, "[i]t shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive or otherwise transfer any human organ for
valuable consideration for use in human transplantation." (68) The voucher program arguably violates this provision because the donor's kidney is exchanged for a voucher promising the recipient priority for a future live donor kidney, which certainly can be considered
valuable consideration.
Department of Justice, and other federal agencies, asserting that, among other legal and regulatory violations, Stem Express and Planned Parenthood may have illegally profited from sale or transfer of fetal tissue for "
valuable consideration" (SPR, Chapter 4).
Daleiden was indicted on a second charge for "unlawfully, intentionally and knowingly" offering to buy fetal tissue "for
valuable consideration" - the same charge he tried to secretly catch Planned Parenthood committing in undercover recordings of staff at a Houston clinic.
The presence of the following three elements constitutes a lottery: prize, chance and any
valuable consideration. A prize is something of value (e.g.
It is unlawful for a person to "acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer human fetal tissue for
valuable consideration." Physicians are prohibited from "alteration of the timing, method, or procedures used to terminate the pregnancy ...
In a list of prohibited acts for landlords under the city administrative code, the proposal adds a new subparagraph that reads, "initiate or continue contact with a tenant, or any member of such tenant's family or household regarding the payment of money or other
valuable consideration to induce such tenant to relocate from his or her dwelling unit, after such tenant has notified the owner or his or her agent, verbally or in writing, that such tenant does not wish to be communicated with regarding the subject."
In that regard, Dell's McCarty said there's a
valuable consideration for on-screen text content.
In turn, Universal paid
valuable consideration for exclusive motion picture rights and has invested or will invest substantial resources in producing high-quality film adaptations that will satisfy fans of the novels while also presenting the trilogy's romantic story to a broader audience."
NOTA forbids the knowing acquisition, receipt, or transfer of any human organ for "
valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce." (42) Superficially, NOTA's mandate appears to stand in direct contrast to the common-law requirements of contract.
Transfer for valuable consideration--often referred to as the transfer-for-value rule--states that if the policy, or any interest in the policy, is transferred for
valuable consideration, then the proceeds received by the beneficiary shall only be exempt from income tax to the extent of the beneficiary's cost basis (IRC section 101[a][2]).