"Representative Acquitted, Company Guilty Under Joint Liability Provisions?"… Hearing on Court Appeal

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Representative acquitted, but company remains fined... Constitutional Court refers 13th trial appeal. After both the company and the representative received summary orders for fines under the joint liability provision, which punishes the company along with the representative when the representative violates the law, the representative was acquitted following a formal trial, but the court accepted the company's request for a retrial.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Mi-ryeong = Under the joint liability provision that punishes both the perpetrator and the corporation, after the company and its representative received a summary order, the representative confirmed their innocence in a formal trial...