Sentences with phrase «criminal liability for»

immunity Legal protection from civil or criminal liability for individuals making reports in good faith of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect.

Finally, civilian and military personnel who design, produce, or deploy autonomous weapons technologies may face potential criminal liability for involuntary manslaughter or negligence, in certain situations.

Government officials in the United States enjoy broad immunity from personal and criminal liability for «official» actions.

Signatory States to the Convention may not violate the right to life of their citizens, subject them to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, press them into enforced labour, deprive them of their liberty without due process and compensation, deprive them of access to justice or a fair trial or introduce laws that impose retrospective criminal liability for acts that were innocent at the time they were committed.

David Corker, partner, Corker Binning, speaks on criminal liability for fraud at Butterworths annual Serious and Corporate Crime conference in London on 30 November 2011.

The UK is one example where certain circumstances can lead to criminal liability for directors of a firm in the event of a breach.

This reaffirms that the behaviour of a person with a high degree of localized responsibility can attract criminal liability for an entire organization.

The driver will likely face criminal liability for his or her conduct.

As there can be several reasons why a person may depart the scene of an accident aside from to avoid «civil of criminal liability for the accident» (ie.

Is it legally necessary to disclaim «I am not a lawyer» when engaging in casual conversation, writing Internet posts, etc. to avoid civil or criminal liability for one's comments?

It is true that, for example, common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions contains no explicit reference to criminal liability for violation of its provisions.

(1) Legal entities, except for state and public authorities, shall have criminal liability for offences committed in the performance of the legal entity's object of activity, in its interest, or on its behalf.

They may have a moral duty to do so, and they may have a strong employment relationship pressure to do so, but a law enforcement officer faces neither civil nor criminal liability for merely failing to enforce a criminal law when they know a crime has been committed.

Most actions taken by private security are justified by express exclusions from civil and criminal liability for self - defense, defense of others, defense of property and citizen's arrest.

This legal regime is very similar to criminal liability, which is very questionable in terms of constitutionality, as the Brazilian Constitution predicts criminal liability for legal entities only in cases of environmental crimes.

advising various financial institutions, corporates and professional advisers on the implementation of procedures to guard against corporate criminal liability for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion

Holly also advises on incident response in the extractive industries sector and the potential for corporate criminal liability for industrial accidents.

In some corners, one even hears suggestions — suggestions that are made in a manner that is almost breathtakingly casual — that some of these lawyers should be subject to civil or criminal liability for the advice they gave.

ATTP: Well, apart from the slightly derogatory «responsible professionals» This is a legal term used in the US that codifies the potential civil and criminal liability for the licensed practice of science and engineering that effects the environment and public safety.

An employee of a school district, a charter school, a lab school, a charter lab school, or the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind who requests or shares criminal history information under this section is immune from civil or criminal liability for any good faith conduct that occurs during the performance of and within the scope of responsibilities related to the record check.

If a new report truly is a false statement of fact that causes harm to someone's reputation, and if the news reporter has no actual factual basis for the factual claim, the First Amendment does permit the courts to impose both civil and criminal liability for the false statements, with civil suits brought by someone who is harmed and criminal liability enforced by the government.

The upshot of that thread is a small number officials (mostly the President, legislators, judges and district attorneys) have absolutely immunity from civil or criminal liability for certain kinds of discretionary official acts.

Health care providers immune from civil, criminal liability for good faith compliance.

Michael Geist, writing in the Toronto Star, declared that «a TPP based on the US proposals would signal a near - complete surrender of a made - in - Canada approach to intellectual property, leading to risks of lost Internet access, expansive border seizures, increased health care costs, and criminal liability for non-commercial infringement.»

Not exact matches

No one should have the right to observe these American sanctions for fear of having to take administrative or criminal liability,» he said.

Included in the IDA's proposal was a requirement for CEOs and CFOs to personally sign off on company financial statements, and «increase the penalties of criminal liability and obstruction of justice» for securities fraud.

He is a Certified Specialist both in Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) admitted to practice law in California, Hawai'i and Arizona (inactive), specializing in Federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters and tax litigation, including tax - related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;

By 1973, with the sexual revolution well underway, licensed doctors were increasingly performing elective abortions for their patients, but they were worried about criminal and civil liability.

I accept liability should my baby die and am willing to be prosecuted for criminal negligence as a result of my choice.»

The legislation seeks to increase the criminal and civil statutes of limitations, remove special protections for public institutions that have acted as a shield against liability and create a one - year look - back window to allow survivors over the age of 23 to seek retrospective civil relief.

This is a clear element and criminal liability of fraud and impersonation because under the law, you can not be a Police Officer and still stand for election.

«New York should be ashamed to be one of two states in the nation that treat 15 - and 16 - year - olds as adults for criminal liability.

Additional safeguards include requiring multiple witnesses attesting the patient is acting on their own and at least two doctors in overseeing the process as well, who would be protected against both civil and criminal liability, along with any professional penalties for participating.

Other limits: Pardons are only for criminal cases, and don't remove civil liability (you can still be sued).

The National Action Network has advocated and worked for several years on New York State's raising the age of criminal liability.

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

Local and federal investigations into his campaign activities and the now - defunct Campaign for One New York did not ultimately find criminal liability, but the din of scandal has only lessened, not abated.

Additionally, prescribers should be immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for prescribing, dispensing, or distributing naloxone, and laypersons should be ensured immunity for possessing or administering it.

He led an effort to collaborate with law enforcement authorities in both the U.K. and the U.S., thus limiting the company's likely liability in both countries and enabling it to avoid any criminal prosecutions or major civil sanctions for bribery in the U.S., at least so far.

Generally speaking, the following debts will not be discharged: taxes; spousal and child support; debts arising out of willful misconduct and / or malicious misconduct by the debtor; liability for injury or death from driving while intoxicated; nondischargeable debts from a prior bankruptcy; student loans; criminal fines and penalties and forfeitures.

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The ASPCA believes that this approach — promoting education in the appropriate care, training and supervision of dogs as well as state and local laws that address licensing, reproductive status, chaining / improper confinement, cruel treatment and at - large dogs; imposing civil and criminal liability on guardians for their negligent and reckless behavior; and targeting problematic dogs and guardians early with progressively escalating penalties — constitutes the most compassionate, fair, efficient and ultimately effective means of resolving concerns related to dangerous dogs in the community.

Within this decree, dog owners must hold a license for housing any one of these dog breeds, hold no criminal records, be of legal age, hold liability insurance of 120 000 euros and be mentally / physically healthy.

Community Cats; Providing that release of a community cat by a community cat program is not abandonment or unlawful release of the cat under specified provisions; providing that counties and municipalities may enact ordinances relating to community cat programs to curtail community cat population growth; providing that a veterinarian or community cat caregiver who provides services or care for cats in a community cat program is immune from criminal and civil liability, etc..

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If you commit any of the offences set out in sections 85 to 88 of the ECT Act, you shall, notwithstanding any criminal prosecution, be liable for all losses, liabilities and damages that may be suffered by TravelGround.com due to or related to such offences.

Before joining the Sierra Club, he was an attorney for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison where he worked on «securities, mergers and acquisitions, product liability, white - collar criminal, intellectual property and other matters,» but property rights issues do not appear to have been a major part of his portfolio.

UPDATE: Though it looked for a while like this one could've gotten much worse at the time of the original post, it appears that the leak has been stopped and Brazilian police are investigating the situation for possible criminal liability on the part of Chevron.