Not exact matches
The advantage to the owners and employees is that only the corporate
entity is held
liable for its
business actions.
If the LLC maintains its separation from the personal affairs of the member, LLC members are only
liable for the debts of the
business entity to the extent of their personal contribution.
If you form this type of
entity, members of the company are not held personally
liable for business debt or liability (in most cases).
Before you can receive monetary compensation
for your injuries and other losses, you must establish that another person or
entity (such as a
business or government agency) is legally responsible or («
liable»)
for what happened to you.
However, as a general rule, government
entities are not
liable for injuries caused by their negligent actions related to carrying out government
business.
In the new rule, the HHS will now also be able to hold the
business associates of covered
entities directly
liable for compliance with certain requirements related to the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules.
However, as described in this article,
business associates of covered
entities are also
liable for complying with the Security Rule.
(
For example, covered
entity hires a
business associate, who hires a subcontractor (1), who in turn hires its own subcontractor (2)-- even subcontractor # 2 is
liable.)
In general, the owner of a legal
entity can not be held personally
liable for the liabilities of their
business.
7 DOS 00 DOS v. Flagship Marketing Group - availing of license; failure to cooperate with DOS investigation; jurisdiction; proper
business practices; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS retains jurisdiction over party not licensed at the time of the hearing where, at that time the complaint was served, the party was (i) licensed, (ii) an applicant
for a license or renewal, or (iii) was eligible to automatically renew; salesperson is prohibited both from owning, directly or indirectly, singly or jointly, any shares of voting stock in and from being an officer of any licensed real estate brokerage corporation with which the salesperson is associated; representative real estate broker availed the corporate broker license to an associated salesperson where the office was operated by the salesperson without the direct supervision of the representative broker and the salesperson conducted
business as a broker
for his own benefit; representative real estate broker engaged in fraud by availing the corporate real estate broker license to a salesperson; representative broker's availing of corporate broker's license
for which the corporate broker is vicariously
liable; failure to provide
business records constitutes failure to cooperate with DOS investigation; DOS fails to establish fraud, ignorance or negligence is not sufficient to prove mistake; pressure, regardless of how severe, is not undue influence; restitution denied where funds sought were received by an
entity not named or charged in the complaint; corporate broker fined $ 3,000.00, representative broker's license revoked and fined $ 3,000.00 and salesperson fined $ 5,000.00
In the case of renting to a
business, it is a good idea
for the landlord to seek a guaranty to make sure that if the
entity does not pay that the person is personally
liable for any unpaid receivables.