The IRShas refused to process applications for separate liability in cases where the divorcing couple has no known outstanding tax liability.

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As proposed, any strategy for reducing, avoiding, or deferring tax liability, whether known or unknown at the time of the invention or application for a patent, would not qualify.

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If the case proceeds in Delaware state court, Transocean might feel pressure to drag in Halliburton and Schlumberger, Brewer said, to try and share liability in a process known as inpleading.

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At the very least, Watts Water could have limited its liability by doing what it should have known its responsibility was.

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Researcher Greg Hoglund, for instance, planned in 2003 to create a sales platform known as ZeroBay, but pulled the plug before launching due to liability issues, Hoglund told Security Focus.

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Known as the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, it limited product liability to 18 years.

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