Set forth the majority rule in relation to an accountant's liability for negligence to a third party with whom the accountant does not have a contractual relationship as well as the source of the rule


The majority view is set forth in section 552 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts as follows:
[A]n accountant's duty is limited to the client and third parties whom the accountant or client intends the information to benefit. The Restatement approach recognizes that an accountant's duty should extend beyond those in privity or near-privity with the accountant, but is not so expansive as to impose liability where the accountant knows only the possibility of distribution to anyone, and their subsequent reliance.

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a. the true identity of the owner of the unauthorized site. b. the amount of the profits of the unauthorized site. c. the estimated costs of the court proceedings and discovery. d. all of the registered variations of the name "calltalk.".

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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