And Japan's nuclear firms look no readier than American ones to risk India's burgeoning nuclear-power industry until tough Indian liability laws, in case of an accident, are rewritten.Another possible deal, which would be highly significant if it comes off, is the sale of 15 Japanese amphibious US-2 aircraft to India for its navy to use for long-range surveillance, rescue and support.
Even better, it was a story peopled with irresistible characters – the pushy mum, the father who wasn't the biological father, the grandad who played guitar and had met the Beatles, the aunt who fancied her chances at stardom, the tough manager, the liability boyfriends, and on it went.
Selling to nonclients also sticks a different auditor with the tough issue of and liability for whether a company should set up reserves in its reported earnings for the possibility that the IRS will detect and disallow the tax gimmick (see "Dare We Tell?").
For between $90 and $200, anyone over the age of 18 willing to sign a waiver relieving Tough Mudder of all liability can participate (Another $15 pays for personal injury insurance).
As well as the obstacle to any potentially successful legal action posed by the virus's high mortality rate, Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003 signed into law one of the nation's toughest statutes to limit liability for medical malpractice.
For some low-income couples, a future that anticipates economic liability makes it tough to tie the knot.
Taking a tougher methodology and discounting the liability at government-bond rates, the deficit was about £20 billion, or 1.4% of British GDP.
That includes not just tough, well-enforced regulations, economic liabilities and criminal penalties for companies that prove too dangerous, but also positive incentives and public rewards for those that put safety first.
What's making things tougher these days is the liability side of physicians' balance sheets.
A year ago I wrote that "Snap's anti-developer attitude is an augmented liability" since it would be tough to populate the physical world with AR experiences unless it has help like Facebook had started recruiting.
