Corporate directors and executives can be sued and even face criminal liability if the company fails to properly disclose business risks — including, many now worry, the cost of emissions.

如果企业不能完全公布所面临的商业风险——许多人担心这中间包括污染物排放——企业董事和执行官们有可能面临起诉甚至刑事责任。

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The directors are "shielding themselves from [liability] problems" by handing out "higher equity based pay, " Fernandes says.

费尔南德斯表示，董事们开出“更高的股权薪酬”，是为了“回避（责任）问题。”

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Absent a board of directors, the executive director of a limited liability company shall be the legal representative thereof.

有限责任公司不设董事会的，执行董事为公司的法定代表人。

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The new law and the threat of litigation it brings probably have something to do with the out-of-control cost of directors' and officers' liability insurance.

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