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 ...

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 ...

New York’s construction industry operates under a legal framework unlike any other in the United States, and the consequences are becoming impossible to ignore. Labor Law 240—commonly known as the ...

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.

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 ...

The application of a strict liability principle for damage is a problem because there is ample room for exceptions. This article went live on May thirteenth, two thousand twenty, at thirty minutes ...

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 ...