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Agency law allows employees to write legal documents, checks, and write agreements for the company. Without agency law the company would not be able to function because to grow a company you need to have employees or agents to act on the company best interest. One person can run a shop, but having 20 shops, you need several agents to write payroll checks, hire and fire employees, and set up contracts with vendors. When acting as a agent, you are to do whats best for the company. If you told your agent to demolish one of your old facilities, and the building fell on a house next to it, you would not hold the person liable. The company, you, are liable. He works for you, he is your agent. He was acting in the best interest of the company, and an accident happen. On the other hand, if the agent what under the influence of alcohol, then you could hold him personally responsible. At that point the agent was not acting in the best interest of the company.

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