They warn that they won't make such loans because they carry increased legal risk.
They may still back out if they discover more legal risk than they originally bargained for.
Thus, as a technical matter there is some legal risk, even for NCAA Tournament pools run offline.
Barry Richards, of Paradigm Capital, said the settlement removes the biggest legal risk to the company's business.
The reason terminations are handled as they are is to mitigate legal risk.
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In essence it put the legal risk on the whistleblower to prove they were complying with the public interest disclosure act.
From the company's perspective, there is no legal risk to remove the content, yet there is potentially significant risk for failing to do so.
Demoting an employee in the hopes that she or he will quit is not only unethical, but is also putting the company at legal risk.
Teva (nasdaq: TEVA - news - people ) launched a generic in December after agreeing to take on some of Alpharma's legal risk.
Of the 301 business leaders who were polled, two-thirds agreed that a lack of transparency in political activity encourages behavior that damages its reputations and puts a corporation at legal risk.
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"Today's decision by the Court is another important step forward for BP in meeting its commitment to economic and environmental restoration efforts in the Gulf and in eliminating legal risk facing the company, " BP said.
Corporations with departmental compliance programs that either (a) exist in informational silos, or even (b) communicate with (but only with) the Legal Department, may be at greater legal risk than necessary, as well as sacrificing potential business efficiency, effectiveness, and agility.
They have argued that technology, legal, risk-management and other divisions don't lend themselves to this type of measurement, these people said.
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Every job hire is a legal and financial risk, and hiring mistakes are expensive.
Equally important, the providers must provide the care needed or risk legal action against them.
Investigators said the shortcomings pointed to serious and wide-ranging management failure leaving the council exposed to a higher level of financial, legal and reputational risk.
But that is without millions of taxpayer legal fees at risk.
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Meanwhile, campaigners Justice Across Borders have complained that Mr Cameron was putting important legal safeguards at risk, by using the Crime and Courts Bill for a showdown on Leveson.
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Given the legal and political risk and the size and scale needed to deal with both, it would be next to impossible to start a new tobacco company now.
Add to that the growing legal and reputational risk (non-executives are now pilloried in the press when things go wrong) and many chief executives will conclude that what used to be an enjoyable perk is no longer worthwhile.
Genentech's legal battle reveals another risk: Biotechnology companies are often formed around work done at universities.
Buying a bank in another country with another language and another legal system is a risk that few want to take.
The major problem, I think, is that this would be a very large piece of time consuming litigation and one never wants to advise individuals to go into litigation without being fully aware of what the possible consequences would be, and you may well find that you could be at risk for legal costs unless you find a financial backer.
Initially the bill did not define a confidence motion and, to avoid the risk of a legal challenge, it was left for the Speaker to "certify" what the Commons had decided.
Analytics can also provide guidelines for developing control systems that reward legal, ethical, and prudent risk taking among managers.
"I do not underestimate the complexity of these proposals but I've been reassured by the overwhelming support for our plan to develop a legal framework to protect adults at risk, " she said.
Unless the procedure is changed to one where appeals are possible only on specific legal grounds, there is a risk that, as today, anyone with the means could file for an almost limitless number of amparos, says Mr Hernandez, effectively neutering the state system.
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