Corporate Liability

Disregarding Corporate Personhood Imposes Personal Liability

Brad Reid | Posted 01.15.2012

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

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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

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

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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