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OPINION: Reframing compliance failure in legal claims

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Why structural incapacity requires a different legal lens.

Legal disputes arising from compliance failures are typically examined through an event-based lens. Investigations seek to determine what occurred, who made the relevant decisions, whether procedures were followed, and whether individual actions or omissions produced the disputed outcome.

These inquiries remain essential. Most compliance failures are operational in nature. Employees

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