Sentence examples for liability theory from inspiring English sources

In using the corporate liability theory to buttress the charge, the government has another powerful weapon.

But I see the virtue of the joint and several liability theory from the point of view of victims — because they don't have to go after all of the viewers.

Now that the Supreme Court has rejected the case, "I think that the chances of succeeding on a scheme liability theory are nearly zero; the resolution of this Enron case was made clear by the decision" last week against investors in the cable TV suppliers suit, said Greg Markel, a lawyer who represents corporate clients in securities fraud lawsuits.

A person briefed on the investigation said that an additional action against SAC, or even Mr. Cohen, could involve accusations of fraud based on the so-called control-person liability theory, meaning that it was in "control" of Mr. Martoma when he engaged in insider trading.

"I have been solicited many times, mostly related to product liability theories like thimerosal, the mercury in vaccines," Brady says.

Now the firm is using similar legal tactics, led by Summy, to secure lucrative fees from MTBE litigation: stretching product liability theories; lobbying Washington; elbowing aside rival trial lawyers; fighting, if need be, with a client; and relying on shaky scientific evidence.

In 1971, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts sustained the convictions of two corporations whose employees had bribed public officials on a vicarious-liability theory.

The three primary theories protecting consumers and imposing greater duties on sellers are contract theory, due-care theory, and strict-liability theory.

Mr. Lattman reports: "A person briefed on the investigation said that an additional action against SAC, or even Mr. Cohen, could involve accusations of fraud based on the so-called controlled-liability theory, meaning that it was in 'control' of Mr. Martoma when he engaged in insider trading".

He did however hold that theories could be falsified, and that falsifiability, or the liability of a theory to counterexample, was a virtue.

The notion of "scheme liability," as the theory behind such lawsuits is known, now appears to be dead.