11.   He has said they too often encourage opaque reporting by companies more interested in avoiding liability than in enlightening investors.

12.   Hoffman said National Waste decided to lease rather than buy the Ponte buildings in New Jersey to avoid liability over complaints of environmental law violations.

13.   It is hard to see how a school can avoid liability if it can be shown that school officials knew of the problem and refused to intervene.

14.   It was feared that Wang would agree to plead guilty to federal charges as a way to avoid state liability.

15.   The court will decide if those reforms are sufficient for the city to avoid legal liability.

16.   The diocese, Tran said, wants to avoid the liability of training a priest who is likely to become ill.

17.   The firms that provide information are careful to direct questioners to consult their own doctors on new information they obtain, thus avoiding legal liability.

18.   The Howard government, keen to avoid liability for compensation payments, has argued that the stolen children were placed in welfare institutions for their own good.

19.   The plaintiffs are arguing that if a defendant can avoid all liability by modifying its behavior once a suit is filed, citizen suits will become economically impractical.

20.   The sports authority will collect the revenues from the PSLs to avoid tax liabilities.