Word: lawsuit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second lawsuit, still pending, involves the acquisition of California's S.O. Systems Inc. by Kalvar Corp. of New Orleans. Casey's law firm was counsel to Kalvar, and he was a director as well as executive-committee chairman of the company. Dissident Kalvar shareholders have charged that Casey and other officers and directors made misleading statements about S.O. stock, overestimating its value. The plaintiffs also contend that Casey and others arranged for S.O. Systems shareholders to hold their vote on the deal in New Orleans instead of California, where the state corporation commissioner was considering an investigation...
...Life Index." Like a weather service temperature-humidity index, the Q.L.I. would take into account "air and water pollution, the unemployed and those on welfare, the adequacy of housing and medical care, the acres of accessible park land, crime and auto accidents, the years it takes to settle a lawsuit, the presence of minority group members in American institutions and American soldiers abroad...
Last week to dramatize one aspect of the cities' financial crisis, Lindsay walked into a U.S. Court House in Manhattan and filed a lawsuit asking that the federal and state requirements for welfare payments-which will cost New York City $600 million in the coming fiscal year-be declared unconstitutional. "It's a long shot," Lindsay admitted, but the gesture, aimed not against welfare but the absurdities of its present structure, got him national television coverage. As he filed his suit the mayor took a wry swipe at the whole practice of politics. "This," said Lawyer Lindsay, "takes...
Stung by the loss of business, IBM struck back by introducing new peripherals with prices 10% to 35% lower than comparable existing models. On top of that, IBM filed a lawsuit against Memorex, a large peripheral maker, alleging use of IBM trade secrets. The company also brought out a model of its new System/370 that can be equipped with its own disk drive, making it difficult for a user to add a competitor's gadget. The independents have retaliated with price cuts of their own, and more are expected...
...owed telephone and electricity bills and had done $1,000 worth of damage. Chort vozmi! Natalia's costumes and specially made ballet shoes were inside, and she was about to go on tour with the American Ballet Theater. To the rescue flew the Ballet Theater Foundation with a lawsuit, and State Supreme Court Judge George Carney with a court order. "She can break down the door if necessary," he said. She didn't have to. A pas de quatre with a happy ending for the heroine...