Going forward, will each drilling prospect have to be carved into a separate legal entity with significantly higher insurance?

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However, if Bank of America kept Countrywide as a separate legal entity then Bank of America may have an out.

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The Labour Party disputes that it has accepted any public money, arguing that MAG is a separate legal entity from the councils.

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In a written judgment, the judge said he accepted GPI was a separate legal entity from the other Greenpeace bodies and had "no power of direction over them".

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The International Board of Partners can only kick the offending firm out of the network when that separate legal entity, part of the loose confederation of member firms that equals the global brand, does something bad.

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Janus Capital Management, LLC managed a mutual fund called Janus Investment Fund, a third, separate, legal entity.

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