Sentence examples for individuals liable from inspiring English sources

'Are these individuals liable?

"The Department of Justice is making a strong push to hold individuals liable," he said.

Legal experts say the episode highlights problems with the law that can make companies or individuals liable for linking to sites they do not control.

In order to prosecute the defendants at Nuremberg, the Allies and their lawyers basically had to convert the Pact into a criminal code that made individuals liable for illegal acts of war.

If the S.E.C. is unable to hold individuals liable for the sales practices of Wall Street firms, it raises questions about whether it can effectively police the financial markets.

If it is so difficult to hold individuals liable, why don't the banks try to fight the S.E.C.? The case filed against Goldman Sachs in April 2010 over its sale of a C.D.O. is probably the best illustration about why it can be so costly just to have charges filed against a firm.

One reason for caution is that membership in a conspiracy makes an individual liable for everything done by others in that conspiracy, even if the individual did not approve or know about a crime.

The foundation plans to raise $2.5 million to buy a weekly series of full page ads in USA Today that will say that the 16th Amendment, allowing income taxes, was fraudulently adopted, that no law makes an individual liable for taxes, and similar arguments.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal.

Off the top of her head, Karen Sheley, director of Police Practices at the American Civil Liberties Union's Illinois chapter, couldn't think of another instance where a city had sought to hold a deceased individual liable for monetary damages after they'd been killed by the police.

"For the business market, the individual-liable, employee-owned model is here to stay.