Sentence examples for liability for actions from inspiring English sources

(f) Members of the Committee shall be immune from civil liability for actions taken in good faith in the course of performing their duties.

In an interview at the time, Mr. Lewis said that the legal action in the United States would focus on the "News Corporation's liability for actions by its foreign subsidiaries," including The News of the World.

The deal being discussed now may also release the big banks that are members of MERS, the electronic mortgage registry, from the threat of some future legal liability for actions involving that organization.

The court accepted the company's argument that a portion of federal communications law exempts Internet service providers from liability for actions of third parties -- in this case, dealers that posted auctions for the forged goods.

In the past, trade and investment agreements have exposed governments to troubling liability for actions taken in the public interest, and in particular those taken to advance environmental protection.

The latter doctrine, influenced by German criminal law theory, has recently won many converts, both in The Hague and in the Academy, because it allegedly avoids many of the pitfalls and excesses associated with the JCE doctrine, including vicarious liability for actions that fall outside the scope of the criminal plan, the most expansive version of the JCE doctrine (JCE III).

"It may be that those retailers who worry about legal liability are pointing to an outdated sense of what liability is for actions taken abroad," Professor Coffee said.

It may dismiss the company from any liability for the actions of the person responsible for the harassment, even if the company enables the actions.

867, 583 P.2d 721, italics added), it is appropriate in this instance to apply California law in a restrained manner that accommodates Georgia's reasonable interest in protecting persons who in the past might have undertaken actions in Georgia in reasonable reliance on Georgia law from being subjected to monetary liability for such actions.

The University will not assume liability for student actions.

Legal experts said that firing Mr. Duncan would not relieve Andersen of liability for his actions.