Federal law requires that banks are liable in the event of a security breach, and there is no bank that wants to be liable for a potentially large amount, so the companies have a very strong incentive to be very proactive and protect their customers.
And, most recently, a federal appeals court holds a film studio liable for a soundtrack tune that includes a three-note guitar lick from a recording by 1970s funkster George Clinton.
Can Thomson, a corporate entity, be held liable as a board member? (Thomson withdrew its last board member in April.) CCBN's lawyers will argue that it can, since Thomson "deputized" individuals to represent it on the board.
Can Thomson, a corporate entity, be held liable as a board member? (The company withdrew its last board member in April.) CCBN's lawyers will argue that it can, since Thomson "deputized" individuals to represent it on the board.
At issue is whether a generic drug maker can be held liable for a design flaw if it failed to withdraw an allegedly harmful medicine from the market.
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The FAW, like most governing bodies in sport, has a strict anti-doping code that holds a player liable for failing a test, even though he may not have deliberately taken a prohibited substance.
For example, the owner of a badly-lit car park should not be held liable for a rape that occurred there, even if he could reasonably have foreseen such an incident.
Under local law, after S1 distributed the note to A, S2 was relieved of its liability to S1 and was directly liable to A. Whether S2 is indebted to A rather than S1 is determined under general Federal tax principles and depends upon all of the facts and circumstances.
Many face between seven and 15 years in jail and may also be liable for a fine.
While he was found not guilty of the murders, Simpson was found liable in a civil trial.
The company was held not liable in a defamation suit related to its Web searches last July.
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And retailers can no longer be held liable for a defective product unless the retailer was actually responsible for it.
Stark increases the risk Transocean will be held liable by a jury for some of the costs associated with the spill.
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Also, by supplying the data, manufacturers would not be held liable if a user chose to tweak the chip in unlawful ways.
The effect of the Rangers' depth and Tortorella's willingness to use it is obvious: By playing less, a defenseman is less liable to make a mistake out of fatigue.
That fantasy cannot even glimmer with possibility before significant auto-driving legal issues are resolved -- notably, who is liable in a traffic accident involving at least one self-driving vehicle?
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The courts have yet to decide who is liable if a computer system with lax security is used to launch a denial-of-service attack, but a number of lawsuits are pending.
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Stoneridge investors had argued that Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta should be held liable in a complex "scheme to defraud" investors because of an agreement they had with Charter Communications, a cable company.
Scientific-Atlanta, which the Supreme Court will hear Tuesday, is a big deal--at issue is whether third parties like accounting firms, investment banks and vendors can also be held liable when a public company commits fraud.
Most of those who do hit the donut hole only end up being liable for a small amount of money at the end of the year, as their drug consumption for the year adds up.
Why not the manufacturer of the wrenches he used, or the garage door he mistakenly closed? (No mention in the record if they were sued.) If the deceased had done the work underwater, the dissenting judge muses, would the manufacturer be liable for a drowning death?
The Commission statement affirmed that, based on the extensive investigation of the staff, there is a strong reason to believe that the settlement is in the public interest, and that the Order's provisions make clear that Facebook will be liable for a broad range of deceptive conduct.
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Stoneridge investors had argued that Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) and Scientific-Atlanta should be held liable in a complex "scheme to defraud" investors because of an agreement they had with Charter Communications (nasdaq: CHTR - news - people ), a cable company.
In particular, a company that made no effort to filter defamatory content submitted by its users was held to be an immune distributor, but another company that actively filtered and edited defamatory content in good faith was held liable as a publisher for failing to screen and remove all such unlawful content.
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If developers want to vary a planning consent they are liable to pay a second fee that could run to millions of pounds for a very big scheme.
But the legislation itself contemplates confusion, as it spells out when a merchant is liable for errors and when a software vendor takes the blame.
Mr. Wisniewski suggested this might be due to the type of decision maker within a company liable to have an Apple computer rather than a PC: "Executives and VPs are more likely to have Macs, " he said.
And yet this too is liable to be a patchy marriage, because the rivalry is so deep-seated.
All of those choices feel safer and are in fact liable to produce a much worse presentation.
Otherwise, there's liable to be a run for the exits by panicky investors.
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