Liability

Eleventh Circuit to University Administrators: Respect Student Rights

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Law, Civil Liberties, College, Free Speech, Qualified-Immunity, Georgia, Higher Education, Hayden Barnes, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Liability, College News

The Eleventh Circuit's recent ruling is a clear sign that university presidents and administrators that choose to brazenly violate student rights will not be able to do so without real consequences.

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Why Credit Card Branding Is Costing Small Business Owners

Odysseas Papadimitriou | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Finance Charges, Small Business, CARD Act Protections, Federal Reserve, Business Credit Cards, CARD Act, Personal Credit Cards, Credit Card Act of 2009, Credit Card Companies, Wells Fargo, U.S Bank, Hsbc, Liability, Small Business America, Business News

Business and consumer credit cards are actually more similar than they are different, which therefore begs the question, should the Credit CARD Act of 2009 apply to business credit cards?

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Read Contracts Carefully

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Verbal Agreement, Fraud, Co-Signer, Contract, Credit, Liability, Financial Advice, Business News

You wouldn't be asked to sign a document or form -- or click "yes" on a website -- unless somebody thought it was important, so shouldn't you think so as well?

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When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Looks For a Taxpayer Bailout

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kbr, Bailout, Iraq, Liability, Indemnification-Clause, Business News

It appears that when the going gets tough for some private military contractors, even if it is a result of their own wrongful actions, the tough turn ...

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Public Schools Could Double As Neighborhood Gyms

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Playground, Public Schools, Health & Wellness, Community, Public Parks, Liability, Recreation, Impact News

It's no secret that Americans could use more active lifestyles, and the answer to that may just be their local public schools, GOOD blogger Nikhil Swa...

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BP To Accept Some Blame For Oil Spill In New Report

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BP Oil Spill, Bp, Oil Spill, Halliburton, Blame, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Liability, Green News

BP is set to release a 200-page report Wednesday in which the corporation will accept some, but not all of the blame, for one of the worst oil spills ...

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Possible Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Prompts White House To Ask Congress For $10 Million

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Court, Court Case, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Omb, Liability, Office of Management and Budget, Sue, White House, Oil Spill, Justice Department, Halliburton, Green News

WASHINGTON — The White House is asking Congress to approve $10 million for potential litigation costs arising from the oil spill in the Gulf of ...

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Simple Answer to "Who Should Pay?"

Rep. Jay Inslee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Petroleum, Jay Inslee, Gulf Oil Spill, John Boehner, Liability, Politics News

Words are cheap - clean up is expensive. So if Republican Minority Leader John Boehner really believes, as he said last week, that BP should pay for the Gulf oil spill recover, he needs to back up his words with action now.

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Friday Talking Points [128] -- Merry Bartonmas!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Howard Kurtz, White House, Escrow, President Obama, Responsibility, Speech, Oval Office, Gulf of Mexico, Obama, Shakedown, Apology, You Should Totally Apologize to BP, Friday Talking Points, Liability, Republican, Valdez, Joseph Goebbels, Merry Bartonmas, Video, Oil Spill, Goebbels, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Rape of the Gulf, Godwin's Law, Fund, Twenty Billion, Tragedy, Bp, Democrat, Barton, Barack Obama, Account, Exxon, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Etheridge, Jerry Brown, Oil, Gulf, Restitution, Assault, Bob Etheridge, Joe Barton, Accountability, Nazi, Politics News

Christmas has come in June for the Democratic Party. Republican Joe Barton just delivered a huge, nicely wrapped present to Democrats. The only ques...

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Closing BP's Escape Routes

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Big Tobacco, Bhopal, Gulf Gusher, Bankruptcy, Fine, Gulf Oil Spill, Pollution, Liability, Exxon Valdez, Green News

BP generates enough cash to absorb its liabilities from the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. But that doesn't mean it will.

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Outdated Law Gives Oil Companies Incentives to Spill

Chris Kromm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Oil, Congress, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Companies, Liability, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Any costs above the $75 million are covered by the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

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WATCH: 'Furious' Obama Says 'Venting' Won't Help Oil Spill Response

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, White House, Oil Spill Response, Venting, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Liability, Video, Larry King, Oil Spill, Cnn, Deepwater Horizon, Obama Furious, Federal Response, Gulf Coast, Fault, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Barack Obama said Thursday he was "furious" about the situation in the Gulf of Mexico and that BP hasn't moved fast enough...

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America Wakes Up to the Importance of Liability and the Stupidity of "Caps"

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Toyota, Bp, Civil Justice, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Class Action, Oil, Center for Justice & Democracy, Financial Crisis, Delaware, Chinese Drywall, Coal Mining, Michael Clayton, Liability, Politics News

Teachable moments can come almost anytime, from anywhere. The recent history of corporate and professional breakdowns and mess-ups should provide a n...

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Now the Gulf Spill Companies Are In-Fighting Over Insurance

D.A. Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Bp, Oil Spill, Insurance, Transocean, Liability, Business News

When cleanup is complete, insurers will have an estimated loss from claims of environmental damages, death, and personal injury, between $1 billion to $2 billion.

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Scope of BP Disaster Reevaluated, Worst in History

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Liability, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, Green News

New figures regarding the amount of oil spewing from the well suggest that the Deepwater Horizon disaster could be three times larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

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Weekly Mulch: BP Oil Hits Louisiana--But How Far Away is the Next Disaster?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Alaska, Bp, Louisiana, Epa, Menendez, Texas, The Nation, Pipeline, Canada, Liability, Tar Sands, Oil Spill, Obama Administraiton, British Petroleum, Oil, Off-Shore Drilling, Fishermen, Exxon Valdez, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Oil has hit shore in Louisiana, and despite BP's best efforts to keep the media away, reporters can now touc...

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Tapping the innovation 'black space': a forward-looking opportunity for liability insurers

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Drilling Liability, Ray Anderson, Bp, Oil Spill, Green, Sustainability, Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility, White Space, Liability, Risk, Business News

As I write this, 200,000 gallons of oil a day are spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's ruptured Deepwater Horizon rig. This is a Very Bad Thing....

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Friday Talking Points [123] -- A Working Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Tort Reform, Ron Paul, Regulatory, Reform, Boycott Arizona, Alan Grayson, Wall Street Reform, Midotw, Audit, Bank, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Joe Sestak, Dow, Fed, Sestak, Boycott, Bp, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Barack Obama, Sanders, Senate, Hottie, Mddotw, Financial, President Obama, Economy, Smokin Little Body, Federal Reserve, Jobs, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Democratic, Drugs, Media, Arizona, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Republican, Liability, Unanimous, Oil Spill, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Arlen Specter, House, Specter, Primary, Drug War, Msm, Pennsylvania, Bipartisan, Audit the Fed, Mainstream Media, Louann Haley, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Check Card, Banking, Deregulation, Oil, Djia, Party of No, War on Drugs, Politics News

The Senate has actually been dealing with many financial issues that will directly effect American consumers, and they've been doing so in an orderly way. You'd think this would be news.

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BP and Transocean Try to Skip Out on Oil Spill Tab

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transocean, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Liability, Lawsuits, Green News

As lawsuits continue to mount against BP and Transocean, both companies are engaging in full scale efforts to limit their liability for the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig.

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Lisa Murkowski BLOCKS Move To Raise Oil Spill Liability Cap To $10 Billion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Bp, Senate, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Halliburton, Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Liability, Video, Green News

A bill to increase the liability cap for oil spills from $75 million to $10 billion was defeated Thursday by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Bill S....

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Trouble for Breaking the Mother of All Laws?

Suann MacIsaac | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Slander, Mothers Day, Ruth Zafrin, Sunda Croonquist, Liability, Entertainment News

Although many may find Croonquist's shtick funny, her in-laws aren't laughing.

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Dirty Tricks That Keep Your 401(k) Returns in the Gutter

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 401(K), S&P, Tax, S&P 500, Retirement Plans, Liability, Business News

An index fund with a high expense ratio should be an oxymoron. Yet, brokers continue to advise investors to buy these funds.

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Why Is The AMA President Lying (Again)?

Dr. Daniel Palestrant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Effort, Ama President, Physicians, Appeal, Lobbying, Medical Liability, Litigation, Formula, Liability, Lobbyist, Malpractice, Fix, Ama, Bills, Massachusetts, Medicine, Healthcare, Health, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Dr. Rohack tries to spin the fact that the AMA's failure to achieve their two biggest goals, tort reform and repeal of the SGR formula were in fact victories. He is not including two critical pieces of information.

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Free Speech and Funeral Picketing:

Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cartoons, First Amendment, Synder v. Phelps, Fourth Circuit Court, Maryland, Liability, Phelpsians, Politics News

The Fourth Circuit has just reversed the $5 million intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy verdict against the group who picketed the funeral of a slain soldier.

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Promise in the Pipeline: Is it Pay Day for Burks' Patented Peanut Protein?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royalty, Revenue, Food Politics, New York Times, Cure, Salmonella, Wesley Burks, Peanut Butter, Tara Parker Pope, Peanut Allergies, Liability, Patents, Business News

As doctors bring their inventions to market, we should consider the health implications, liabilities and costs associated with exposing our children to yet another novel protein and synthetic substance before the long term health consequences have been evaluated.

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