On 6 December 2017, Australia's Federal Government tabled the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017 ("Bill"), which contains various amendments to Australia's foreign ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

In this high-profile criminal prosecution of XTO Energy by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, the scope of corporate criminal liability for the actions of third parties is likely to take ...

From Illinois Appellate Court Judge David Ellis's concurring opinion two weeks ago in People v. Lee: I believe that the State is required to prove that the defendant [who is charged with possessing a ...

Explore how absolute pollution exclusion impacts commercial liability coverage, its origins, exceptions, and its role in mitigating pollution-related claims.

The federal government introduced Monday legislation intended to impose absolute liability, on major oil pipeline operators, of up to $1 billion in case of incidents such as spills, and to require ...

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The new Pipeline Safety Act has come into force in Canada, heralding a new era of absolute liability for pipeline owners and operators and setting out financial resource ...

Companies drilling for oil on Canadian shorelines will likely see increased absolute liability costs in the fall, rising from $30 million on the Atlantic and $40 million in the Arctic to $1 billion ...

The federal government tabled Thursday Bill C-46 – which proposes to impose absolute liability of up to $1 billion on pipeline operators in case of spills – for third reading in the House of Commons.

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The Canadian government on Tuesday announced it would raise the absolute liability for energy companies operating offshore Atlantic Canada and Arctic Canada to C$1-billion ...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) held that LG Polymers India has absolute liability for the loss of life caused by a gas leak at its factory in Visakhapatnam. It said the ₹50 crore in compensation, ...