They propose an alternative explanation of our results, namely, that parents with a high education level would have better controlled diabetes, leading to lesser complications during pregnancy, which, in turn, would lead to stronger liability for autoimmunity in the offspring.
It was the bipartisan duo of then-Representatives Wyden and Cox who, more than 15 years ago, drafted the seminal law (now known as Section 230) that enabled Internet innovation to flourish by establishing strong liability protections for the Internet's intermediaries.
The results of our paper imply that stronger liability regimes may be counter-productive for overall welfare and the creditors' payoff if higher liability risks are not compensated by non-monetary benefits.
There are several proposals to lift the current $75 million limit on liability for drilling accidents; the strongest, by Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, would eliminate the cap entirely.
The DLA Piper report called for contractors who breached health and safety standards to be blacklisted and for the introduction of stronger criminal sanctions, as well as joint liability for contractors (often major western companies) and their sub-contractors.
Israel, they wrote, has become a "strategic liability" for the United States but retains its strong support because of a wealthy, well-organized, and bewitching lobby that has a "stranglehold" on Congress and American élites.
Liability for spills is critical as it acts as a strong safety incentive for oil companies, and it also ensures that taxpayers and victims of a spill are not left holding the tab from damages.
This action, thought to be very important for cocaine's strong addiction liability, is believed to have very short latency and is assumed to reflect rapid brain entry and pharmacokinetics of the drug.
Web sites that host these images have a strong ally in Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which protects third-party platforms from liability for user-generated content.
