While the companies have said the researchers' financial interests had no impact on the findings, it is unclear whether the disk's maker had fulfilled the legal obligation to inform the F.D.A. of the researchers' stakes.
In June 2007 the legal obligation was lifted.
The majority did not take a firm position on the legal obligation question often blurring the line between moral obligation, legal obligation and the concept of solidarity.
"Behind these elaborate structures, K.K.R. and Och-Ziff are trying to sell risky investments to the public without fulfilling their legal obligations to protect the interests of people who rely on their investments to retire".
"Specifically, once the finding is made, no matter how limited, some environmental groups will sue to make sure it is applied to all aspects of the Clean Air Act". The White House emphasized that the administration is simply fulfilling its legal obligations and will still press for a legislative solution to the question of curbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Court cases are likely to hinge on whether judges believe that banks properly fulfilled their legal obligations during the mortgage boom — and in the subsequent rush to expedite foreclosures.
As well as pushing the government to fulfill its legal obligations, ADD is working in 28 districts in Bangladesh – almost half the country – educating parents about the importance of putting their children through school, tackling stigma at community level, particularly in rural areas, and supporting those with disabilities.
Judge Carl Barbier, of the federal court of Louisiana, said that BP must spell out in all future communications that the claims fund and its administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, are acting on behalf of BP in fulfilling its legal obligations under the Oil Pollution Act.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control "expects Exide to fulfill its legal obligations," said Sandy Nax, a spokesman for the agency.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had previously determined that Rambus fulfilled its legal obligations under patent disclosure rules established in the early 1990's.
When the patient's family wants futile treatment to be continued, physicians have concerns about fulfilling their legal obligations and follow the family's wishes.
