By changing the specified purpose of accounts they limit the liability risk of those firms.
Summed up, for a divorcing spouse with little or no taxable income for the tax year, signing a joint tax return may pose considerable liability risk with no appreciable benefit.
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Allowing BYOD devices can create liability risk for companies.
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It follows similar action taken in Europe as governments step in to fill the void left by international insurers that decided following the September 11 attacks on the United States that they would no longer provide war-risk liability.
America's proverbially litigious culture makes all players in the public arena, be they government agencies, companies or schools, intensely keen to delimit their responsibilities, and within those limits to minimise the risk of liability.
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Fewer controls apply to research done by private companies with private money, and if the research is not on a drug or device that is federally regulated, it may be subject to no formal controls beyond the risk of liability.
Not only is it labor-intensive to check references for people who might not be poised for a job offer, but Jack Harsh, adjunct professor at the University of Richmond Robins School of Business, said that many employers worry about the risk of liability in rejecting a candidate based on poor references.
Doctors who shun email cite concerns ranging from privacy and security issues to liability, inconvenience and the risk of miscommunication of important medical information.
Unlimited liability meant there was less risk-taking, hence less economic growth.
The more pension funds are underfunded, the greater returns that are necessary to close the liability gap, and the greater risk they must take.
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Because that risk is not passed on to pension beneficiaries (their benefits are guaranteed, whatever the market does) it is improper to use a liability discount rate that includes the risk premium.
Conversely, the gold standard is based in a non-national asset which is the liability of nobody and bears no counterparty risk.
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Many prudent small business employers manage this risk by buying Employment Practices Liability (EPL) Insurance, which can cover legal fees and liability for employment claims.
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So I was curious to see this exact phrase pop up in various media analyses where implications of Euro-demise, such as redenomination risk, cross-border contract liability, and so on are getting a thinking through, at least in the media, for example here in the WSJ.
Stevens' main liability seems to be that he is an affable, quirky risk-taker in the charm-challenged world of GOP political pros.
The risk does not end with approval, as the liability issues associated with a drug that is used exclusively in pregnant women are very significant.
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Risk--in this case for workers' compensation liability--got passed from hand to hand in a game of hot potato.
Reinsurance is a process whereby an insurance company spreads its risk by transferring a portion of a policy's liability to another insurer, which keeps part of the premium.
"Karzai's performance in recent years -- his inability to improve governance that is seriously putting the U.S. project at risk of failure -- means he will be a liability for the Republicans to have a warm relationship with, " said Koofi.
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Patients have not because medical care is too critical to risk any reduction in the quality of care a limitation of liability might foster.
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Due to regulatory and liability pressures, it is important for chemicals companies to focus on managing the risk of making and shipping hazardous materials.
Board members who face personal liability for oversight shortcomings have a particular interest in strong GCs who can assess risk at the earliest possible juncture.
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Asked about India's stringent nuclear liability laws, Mr. Immelt said GE "won't take any enterprise risk" because of the laws.
If we don't want to increase U.S. forces in the near term, you know, because of the political liability associated with that, then we have to concentrate our forces much more and take some risk in other parts of the country while we're waiting for the Iraqi security forces to grow.
Saito argued that the law of limited liability is not nearly as clearly delineated as in the U.S. This burden of shared risk inordinately skews the risk-reward structure for entrepreneurs in Japan.
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