Having the contractual right to exercise tight control over the other party’s business can make you vicariously liable for its misdeeds – article

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1. Signing a business contract? Be sure it’s your company, not you personally, that will be liable [Updated 2013-01-09]  In a business contract, your signature block should make it clear that it’s your company, not you personally, that is "signing." (This assumes,...
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3. Article: When Your Company Gets Hit With a Search Warrant An article by some lawyers at Latham & Watkins (a big L.A. firm), posted on law.com (paid subscription required), lists the immediate actions the authors...
4. Preparing for a corporate-representative deposition – article with good pointers Weil Gotshal litigators Lori Pines and Ardith Bronson have a useful piece coming out in Monday’s Corporate Counsel about how to prepare for a corporate-representative...