Deconstructing Section 11: Public Offering Liability in a Continuous Disclosure Environment

Products Liability , Signaling and Disclosure

In this paper we examine the behavior of a firm that produces a product with a privatelyobserved safety attribute; that is, consumers cannot observe directly the product’s safety. The firm may, at a cost, disclose its safety prior to sale; alternatively, if a firm does not disclose its safety then consumers can attempt to infer its safety from the price charged. The liability system is importan...

Offering Role Mobility in a TINA Environment

This paper presents the concept of role mobility and the value of role mobility in an open service environment. We outline the aspects of role management and role mobility and we describe an open, reusable component for role management. Then, we show how this component can be deployed in a TINA environment with a minimum number of changes to the TINA service architecture.

Liability for Public Agencies

D uring the tim e that I have held the office of A ttorney G eneral for the State of Ind iana , it has becom e clear to m e, and I am sure to all o ther attorneys in the state who defend public highw ay agencies in the field of tort litigation, tha t there has been a consistent and dram atic increase in lawsuits filed by drivers and passengers of vehicles who sustain injury as a result of accid...

Section IV Liability: From IT Security to Liability

This part of the book covers liability in ubiquitous computing (UC). The term liability was deliberately chosen for two reasons. Firstly, due to the established understanding of common terms like information assurance, dependability, accountability and the like. Secondly, to provide a superseding term for security for ubiquitous computing, which—unlike traditional IT security—encompasses the fo...

Section 11