Does selling a site relieve you of ALL liability?

[dsiomtw]

Lawyer is gone for the day. Hypothetical question ...

Say a site hypothetically was a little aggressive and may or may not follow all of the FTC's guidelines in terms of testimonials, "truth in advertising" and all that super important stuff we all follow.

If one were to sell such a site today and the FTC hypothetically went after the site a year from now, is there any way the FTC could successfully go after the original owner/seller for "damages" during the time they owned it?

On the flip side, say you purchased such a site today and the FTC came after you a year from now. Could they get you to pay damages based on the revenue/damages that occurred during the year you owned it, or could they theoretically go after you for revenues generated before you bought it?

Purely hypothetical like I said ...

 

[BluAffiliate]

Technically anyone involved in the site, even the writers and graphic designers, are "technically" liable for any damages. Of course, everything is decided on a case by case basis, but based on my completely wild guess I'd say yes they could go after you.

 

[lukep]

I don't even believe that there is anything 'safe' anymore from lawyers. -Their old biz model was "What wrongs can we bring justice too." Their new biz model is simply: "Where be da money at???"

It's bad enough that they could try. Even if the law isn't on their side, they still try, try away.

 

[BluAffiliate]

I don't even believe that there is anything 'safe' anymore from lawyers. -Their old biz model was "What wrongs can we bring justice too." Their new biz model is simply: "Where be da money at???"

It's bad enough that they could try. Even if the law isn't on their side, they still try, try away.

Mmm... More like, if you build a shady ass scammy site and sell it to someone that shouldn't be a carte blanche either.