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UAW - United Auto Workers (labor union)
U.C.C. - Uniform Commercial Code (legal code dealing with commercial transactions)
UCITA - Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (proposed model law for computer transactions adopted by some states)
UDHR - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UDRP - Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (policy dealing with disputes over Internet domain names)
UETA - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (model law dealing with contracts, adopted by most states)
UGMA - Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (model law dealing with property gifts/transfers to minors)
UIGEA - Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (federal law outlawing certain online gambling transactions)
UIT - Unit Investment Trust (type of investment which purchases income-producing properties/securities and sells shares to investors - regulated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940)
UL - Underwriters Laboratory/Laboratories (equipment standards organization)
U.L.A. - Uniform Laws Annotated (model laws, proposed standards)
UMW - United Mine Workers (labor union)
U.N. - United Nations (international organization)
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme (international program)
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization (international program)
U.N.T.S. - United Nations Treaty Series (international agreements)
UPC - Uniform Practice Code (securities industry transaction standards)
UPS - United Parcel Service (private company providing shipping services)
USA - United States of America
USAPA - USA Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) of 2001
USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
USBS - United States Bureau of Standards
U.S.C. - United States Code (federal statutes/laws)
U.S.C.A. - United States Code Annotated (unofficial citation of a U.S. federal statute)
USCC - United States Chamber of Commerce (organization representing businesses)
U.S.C.C.A.N. - United States Code Congressional & Administrative News (legislative news of actions by Congress and administrative agencies)
U.S.C.S. - United States Code Service (information service about federal laws/legislation)
USD - United States Dollar
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture (agency dealing with agricultural production, farming industry, food safety)
USIT - Unit Share Investment Trust (investment instrument which involves a portfolio of stocks and sells shares to investors)
USJCC - United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (JAYCEES) (organization representing businesses)
U.S.L.W. - United States Law Week (reporter/reporting journal)
USPS - United States Postal Service (mail delivery services)
USPTO - United States Patent and Trademark Office (agency dealing with registration and recording)
USS - United States Senate (chamber of Congress)
USS - United States Ship (U.S. navy vessel)
U.S.T. - United States Treaties (international agreements)
UTMA - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (model law dealing with property gifts/transfers to minors)
UTSA - Uniform Trade Secrets Act (model statute codifying common-law trade-secret protection - adopted by many states)