Laws to hold the president, CEO, and COO of private firms personally liable for violations of law or regulation might help address the problem that fines are not correcting.
The government has said that the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs the Fukushima reactors, may be held liable for farm losses, but the utility has yet to address the issue.
It also includes sweeping recommendations for regulating social media companies, making them legally liable for harmful content, and proposing comprehensive new laws to address what it described as "a crisis in our democracy".
Intermediaries like Thingiverse, as safe harbors, "don't have a duty to police their websites," said Ginsburg, and are not directly liable for infringing content on their sites so long as they address takedown request expeditiously.
While beverage alcohol producers aren't strictly required to create a hazard analysis, they are still liable for any injury caused and as such should develop plans to address these risks.
We agree.... Section IV We first address plaintiffs' claim that Napster is liable for contributory copyright infringement.
The company argued that in addressing "repeat infringers," the statute refers only to adjudicated repeat infringers – those previously held liable for infringement in a court of law.
The bill, from Senate leader Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles), aims to address the problem of employers' hiding assets in shell corporations by making individual owners liable for the unpaid wages.
While district administrators and board members can be held liable for not enforcing the law, which was approved by a two-to-one ratio, the law does not address the personal liability of most school employees, including teachers.
Boehner's bill also addresses another reason few workers have access to specific help now: Employers fear they'll be held liable for any recommendations that go bad.
Ms. Moyo and Mr. Mdlongwa said the law required reporters to disclose their political affiliations and home addresses, forced privately owned publications to surrender business secrets and made journalists criminally liable for reporting inaccurate information.
