What is civil liability?

Question

What are some examples of civil liability an individual and a company would have if they stole information from a similar company.

Answer 1

Civil liability means that a person or business you can sue you and be awarded damages by a court. This is different from criminal liability, where the government (not a private citizen) may bring charges against you that could lead to prison, fines or other penalties.

Your civil liability for stealing information from a similar company depends on the type of information and whether it is entitled to protection. If, for example, you steal a software company's source code, you could face civil liability for conversion (theft) of trade secrets, copyright infringement and similar causes of action in a lawsuit brought by the company. Stealing customer lists could be considered a theft of trade secrets. In either case, damages could include lost profits, other types of harm and even punitive damages. (Note that you could have criminal liability as well, which could involve restitution (the payment of money to the victim) in addition to other criminal penalties).

Answer 2

Civil Liabilities

Answer 3

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What is civil liability?
What are some examples of civil liability an individual and a company would have if they stole information from a similar company.

Answer 4

Liability is "civil" in distinguishing it from criminal liability. Generally, civil liability is responsibility to a party for money damages resulting from personal injury, breach of contract, or something similar. If a company or person were to steal proprietary information from another, they could be held responsible for payment of the value of that information. The value might be determined in a number of ways, depending on the nature of the information. If the company taking the information somehow profited as a result, that amount could be the measure of damages. Alternatively, the amount lost by the person or company from whom the information was taken could be the measure of damages.

Answer 5

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Criminal liability means that the system revolves on a set of laws established by law jurisdictions (countries, states, counties, cities). If a person breaks one of these established laws he is prosecuted in the Criminal system. A person who breaks one of these laws is perceived to have harmed society as a whole. He is dealt with for the good of society. The Civil Litigation system doesn't have a real set of laws aside from a number of "torts" (laws that if broken could result in a lawsuit from the victim if the victim sees fit to prosecute). If harm is perceived by one person from another the "victim" can sue the "perpetrator" who has not harmed society itself but rather an individual. Because of this loose definition people can sue each other for really stupid things and if the lawyer is good enough, win.

Answer 6

Civil liability generally means the person or company who commits a wrongful act against another person or company is liable for any damages resulting to the victimized entity. However, they may also be liable for statutory damages in addition to or instead of actual damages and for attorney fees. For instance Federal law in certain circumstances provide for treble damages for violations of registered trademarks and if you steal TV signals from DirecTV, they are entitled to damages of $100.00 a day for each day of unauthorized reception plus their legal fees in getting the judgment.

Answer 7

Wow... well criminally you can be charged as well...but on the civil end, both the individual responsible and the company gaining from this espionage can be sued civilly for espionage, loss of profit, and cost. Depending on what it is and how much it mey have profitted you or your company, you could be hit pretty hard. That's probably alot worse than the criminal penalties. MAinly it depends on the state.

Answer 8

It is the liability of paying damages or other expenses as mentioned or ordered by the court in the trial of the lawsuit

Answer 9

If they stole something, they have no civil liberties, except the right to a fair trail and to no self-incriminate themselves.