Assigning civil liability via a private action is a hard row to hoe.
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Failure to conduct such due diligence might very well lead to civil liability, if not criminal exposure.
To this point, the civil liability and criminal exposure surrounding SCF have been ignored by legal academia.
Private labs are subject to civil liability claims and administrative fines, giving them financial incentives to get it right.
Moreover, at this point, outdated economists still peddling hoary Keynesian fallacies should be subject to civil liability for fraud.
Copyright infringement is a serious matter that violates U.S. copyright law and subjects infringers to criminal and civil liability.
Mr. Yerushalmi's memo makes a compelling case that there is both civil liability and criminal exposure associated with SCF.
The act's two main sections target vastly different types of behavior, though each may result in both civil liability and criminal punishment.
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In addition to the ongoing criminal investigation, Santa Maria's public prosecutor announced that there will be a separate investigation to establish civil liability.
And on ERR there were four government defeats - including one which reinstated civil liability in breaches of duty of health and safety regulations.
To many observers in Houston, Skilling's resignation signaled that the company's growing problems might have crossed the line from mere civil liability to criminal.
The particular duties examined are certainly not exhaustive but have been chosen because they appear to give rise to the greatest areas of civil liability and criminal exposure.
Mr. Gaffney provided each bank and fund with a legal memorandum entitled Civil Liability and Criminal Exposure for U.S. Financial Institutions and Businesses engaged in Shariah-Compliant Finance .
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Managers of financial assets are facing renewed pressure to behave judiciously regarding the resources they control, and report their activities accurately, facing fines, imprisonment, and civil liability for even minor violations or misstatements.
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If he is wrong, he will not only lose a lot of money on his short, but he could also face civil liability to the company, which has yet to file a suit against him.
According to a Republican memo circulated before the vote, that legislation is designed to ensure that " any person that voluntarily reports suspicious activity anything that could be a threat to transportation security" will be granted immunity from civil liability for the disclosure.
Given the panoply of civil liability and criminal exposure issues analyzed at various levels in this memorandum, and given the preliminary nature of any such effort of first impression, legal minds will most certainly approach the specifics of any fact pattern cautiously and differently.
According to a Republican memo circulated before the vote, that legislation is designed to ensure that " any person that voluntarily reports suspicious activity -- anything that could be a threat to transportation security" will be granted immunity from civil liability for the disclosure.
Applying the principle governing civil liability, we go only a step farther in holding that the act of the agent, while exercising the authority delegated to him to make rates for transportation, may be controlled, in the interest of public policy, by imputing his act to his employer and imposing penalties upon the corporation for which he is acting in the premises.
If his accusations are true, Marsh could be exposed to both criminal and civil antitrust liability.
The bottom line is this: If a taxpayer does nothing and is discovered by the IRS, he or she could face criminal prosecution plus a significant civil tax liability.
The lawyer has an absolute duty to his client to warn of civil and criminal liability exposure when such exposure exists.
In the world of SCF, the disclosure statutes most obviously implicated in civil and criminal liability issues are the federal and state securities laws.
The new bill instead seeks to shield businesses from civil or criminal liability if they ban people from restrooms that don't match their birth sex.
The pre-eminent statutory authority for civil and criminal liability exposure for failure to disclose in securities transactions is Section 10(b) of the 1934 Act and its regulatory offspring Rule 10b-5.
After initially claiming malpractice was limited to one "rogue" reporter at the News of the World, News International has now settled dozens of civil cases admitting liability for hacking between 2001 and 2006.
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Companies that potentially face civil or criminal liability for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have hired a large cast of outside legal help, including former high-level government attorneys and a top product-liability lawyer.
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According to the Gibson update, not only does the Amnesty program release cooperating applicants from potential criminal liability, it prevents civil plaintiffs from recovering treble damages and protects civil defendants from joint and several liability.
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Separate from the class action claims, BP has been locked in a year-long legal battle with the U.S. government and Gulf Coast states to settle billions of dollars in civil and criminal liability from the explosion.
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