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Corporate Liability

If You Were Dying, Would Anybody Help?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.19.2013 | Impact
Read More: Citizenship, Steubenville Rape Case, Social News, Corporate Liability, American Culture, American Values, Business News, Bakersfield 911 Call, Business Social Responsibility, Rescuers, Holocaust, Schools, Bystanders, Values Cliff, Impact News
Stuart Muszynski

Who is responsible for this "values cliff" and how do we get back on track to a shared expectation of decency, responsibility and citizenship that we all can say is the real America of our traditions, aspirations, hopes and dreams?

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Disregarding Corporate Personhood Imposes Personal Liability

Brad Reid | Posted 01.15.2012 | Business
Read More: Corporation as Person, Corporations Citizens United, Corporations People, Corporate Liability, Business Liability Personhood, Corporate Personhood, Law Respondeat Superior, Alter Ego Law, Business News
Brad Reid

There are four well-known legal rules that disregard corporate "personhood" to impose personal liability on shareholders and officers for corporate debts and torts.

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Mike Sacks

9th Circuit Widens Court Split Over Suing Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Human Rights Violations, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Alien Tort Statute, Rio Tinto, Alien Tort Claims Act, Corporate Liability, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Papua New Guinea, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Corporations can be held liable in U.S. courts for human rights violations committed abroad, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circu...

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Electronic Health Records Dramatically Increase Corporate Risk

Ben Kerschberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Ben Kerschberg, Health-Privacy, Hipaa, Corporate-Liability, Obama Stimulus Plan, Legal Holds, Consero, Electronic Medical Records, Hitech Act, Ehr, Technology News
Ben Kerschberg

Effectively controlling the impact of demands over electronic health records is no longer a luxury. Rather, it is a business imperative that is no less than critical.

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Five Ways to Protect Corporate Executives From Catastrophic Liability

Ben Kerschberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Corporate Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, Nuremberg Tribunals, Individual Liability, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Corporate Liability, Lawsuits, Consero, Ben Kerschberg, International Law, Jonathan Drimmer, Business News
Ben Kerschberg

Individual corporate executives and directors of multinational corporations will soon face high-stakes lawsuits for alleged human rights violations by...

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