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Post date: Posted on: August 28, 2014

Some types of business entities (most famously, corporations) offer limited liability to their managers, owners, and officers. That is, under most circumstances such parties will have no personal liability for debts incurred (through tort or contract) by the business entity.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Courts, Creditor / Debtor Law, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Real Estate / Real Property, Torts
Post date: Posted on: June 27, 2014

LLC Law Monitor reports on two recent decisions (one in Montana, and the other in Louisiana) dealing with personal liability of the manager of an LLC:

Tags: Agency, Alternative Business Entities, Comparative Law, Contracts, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies, Torts
Post date: Posted on: May 19, 2014

Io9 has a feature on an interesting and developing legal field: the tort liability associated with injuries to person and property caused by autonomous robots.

Tags: Agency, Comparative Law, International Law, Technology & Law, Torts
Post date: Posted on: November 3, 2013

In a recent unanimous decision, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Virginia Tech is not liable for failing to warn students about the shooter who ultimately shot and killed 32 persons and wounded 17 other

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Legal Opinions, Premises Liability, Torts

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