He noted that even though Andersen says the destruction was not authorized by the firm, the law says a business has "vicarious liability" for acts committed by its agents or employees.
SECURITY experts regard such statements as signs that multinational companies based in the United States are increasingly worried about their liability for acts committed by host governments, which have long provided security and other services for their oil, mining and other projects.
Her critique of Sanders's gun-control position was detailed and forceful, centering on the charge that, by voting to protect manufacturers and retailers from liability for crimes committed with guns they sell legally, he cut off a promising legal strategy for limiting gun violence.
The risk may be voluntarily assumed, as in insurance contracts, or may be imposed by law, as in the case of employers' liability for wrongs committed by employees in the course of their employment.
In 2005, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to shield gun manufacturers against liability for crimes committed with their products.
One of the most important ATCA decisions, in 1980, the Second Circuit court addressing Filartiga v. Pena-Irala [ 43], held that the ATCA represented liability for torture committed using state authority as it found a Paraguayan police official that visited the US to be criminally responsible for his actions in torturing and disappearing a young man in Paraguay.
"There were no circumstances for committing suicide.
For example, the attorney may look at a potential case to not only determine if there is a level of wrongdoing, but at what level that wrongdoing (how much negligence or liability) was committed.
An acquiring company can inherit liability for an FCPA violation committed prior to the acquisition by an employee or agent of the target business.
And the settlement may not be the last word on Wall Street's liability for any predatory lending practices committed through the creation of mortgage-backed securities.
