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Abstract This paper examines the incentive performance of liability and regulation when a potential injurer can take …
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liability for harmful speech have never been fully explored. We construct an analytical framework for studying libel law …
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accountants, attorneys and physicians, potential liability for malpractice is now faced by marketing research professionals, as a …
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Reports a case study concerning two individual defendants, SK and F, who were intermediaries in a case of large‐scale fraud during the Gulf War; the Grupo Torras SA (GT) sued them in order to recover money lost, and the case illustrates the circumstances in which intermediaries can be held...
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& Company, Mocatta Metals Corporation v Peat, Marwick Main & Co. Concludes that courts seem divided on liability for auditors …
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Shows how the Securities and Exchange Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act 1970 (RICO) in the USA impose additional burdens on auditors in the detection of accounting errors, irregularities and fraud, compared with other countries like the UK; this is in addition to the...
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Investigates the effects on the family and society when an American business owner hides his wealth from creditors and family members, based on a case study where a non‐custodial father moved funds into highly secret jurisdictions to evade US tax, disappeared, and left his wife left liable for...
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Analyses the emergence of tortious liability on solicitors and the damages awarded against them for negligence in … Caunters, which showed that liability could be to a third party, ie the beneficiary of a will that was made void by solicitor … objectives for awarding damages, and the bounds of liability.  …
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Zealand; the bank faces liability whichever decision it makes. Mentions the Royal Brunei Airlines and Twinsectra cases, and …
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Discusses an organisation’s responsibilities to mitigate the opportunity for identity theft, which is the criminal act of assuming the identity of another person with the expectation of gain; it is becoming the most pervasive financial crime today and resulted in the estimated loss of $221...
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