Comment by weird-eye-issue
16 hours ago
So you want people who sell a business to be open to liability for things that the new owner does? Don't you see what kind of negative consequences that would have?
16 hours ago
So you want people who sell a business to be open to liability for things that the new owner does? Don't you see what kind of negative consequences that would have?
I meant to hold the seller liable if they do not follow a due diligence process. But actually the liability you mean also exists. The two are called direct liability and vicarious liability.
I'm not sure what kind of due diligence you think would have prevented this that couldn't have been easily circumvented by the buyer just simply lying about their intentions. This is such a typical knee-jerk reaction that results in policies that harm the average person but do not actually reduce fraud or crime.