Liability constitutes an important, and oftentimes ruinous, aspect of business. Small businesses in particular may face complete collapse in the face of a liability lawsuit. Various types of liability ...

It is not only hackers who pose a risk to an organization's information security; hostile insiders do as well. According to Verizon, an estimated 34 percent of data breaches involve internal actors.

David Croser suggests a strategy to reduce problems that can arise when professional colleagues decide it's time to go their separate ways With many dentists now having a portfolio career, mobility ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit examined issues of vicarious and contributory infringement—along with willfulness—in connection with a copyright infringement case involving a real estate ...

Scott Mollen discusses "Gilead Cmty. Servs. Inc. v. Town of Cromwell," which is "of interest because it analyzes, inter alia, when punitive damages are available, when the amount of punitive damages ...

Can a board of education be vicariously liable for a teacher’s sexual abuse of a student? Yes, said the Supreme Court on March 11, 2026. Hornor v. Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education, (A-36-24) ...

Victorian Parliament has passed legislation that overturns the High Court’s decision in Bird v DP, expanding the definition of vicarious liability for child abuse to cover relationships “akin to ...

Vicarious and contributory liability are terms well-known to every tort lawyer and law student. They should also be familiar to business owners and managers. The legal theories of vicarious and ...

To paraphrase Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, some medico-legal topics are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. The issue of vicarious liability has certainly ...