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...objections. Included were amendments to: 1) reduce the statute of limitation in civil suits from ten to three years; 2) permit a defendant officer, director or underwriter to show that factors other than errors or omissions in the registration statement caused loss; 3) require a plaintiff seeking damages for losses to prove that he relied on the errors or omissions (with certain qualifications); 4) relieve directors of liabilities if they had no reason to question reports of qualified experts; 5) limit an underwriter's liabilities to securities sold instead of the whole issue; 6) reduce the standard of care...
...literate opinion in the case of Ulysses (TIME, Jan. 29). Citing the case of National Circle, Daughters of Isabella v. National Order of Daughters of Isabella, Judge Woolsey ruled that the defendant's use of the House of David's name was unauthorized and unfair. But: "The plaintiff complains quite bitterly because the defendant's ball players are all required to wear beards like those of the plaintiff's players. "From time immemorial, however, beards have been in the public domain. In respect of matters within that domain all men have rights in common...
...MacArthur, dapper Chief of Staff . . . is the real boss of the War Department today. Although it went out over Secretary Dern's signature, MacArthur was the real author of the Army's $115,000,000 Public Works program calling for ammunition and ordnance purchases. General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff was dictatorial and guilty of insubordination and disrespect to a superior officer, the Secretary...
Merry-Go-Round: Although one year has passed since General MacArthur drove the Bonus Army from the vacant lots on Pennsylvania Avenue, no start has been made to erect Government buildings on them. . . . This was the excuse given to get the BEF to evacuate. General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff's conduct toward said Veterans was unwarranted, unnecessary, arbitrary, harsh and brutal...
General: Meaning . . . that plaintiff was dictatorial, insubordinate and disrespectful toward his superior officer...