Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sanford J. Rosen, San Francisco lawyer for the victims, termed the out-of-court settlement "a great victory." On the other side, Sylvester Del Corso, adjutant general of the Guard in 1970, insisted: "There is no apology. We expressed sorrow and regret just as you would express condolences to the family of someone who died." But why settle now? If the trial had continued, predicted Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown, "we could lose this case." Said Arthur Krause, whose daughter Allison was killed: "I'm tired. I can't sit in a courtroom and look at those...
...resume the stalled treaty negotiations. Government sources in Jerusalem predicted that the remaining problems on the document could be worked out by March at the latest. Meanwhile, Anwar Sadat remains committed to a proposal he has made to Washington before: lean on Israel enough to get a comprehensive settlement, then build up Egypt with a multibillion dollar Marshall Plan and use it as a policeman of the Arab world. A more modest version of that grandiose scheme could fit in with a plan for a trilateral power structure in the Middle East that some Americans and many Israelis have proposed...
...find him dressed in a bathrobe or riding britches, conducting an imaginary orchestra as a hi-fi system plays a favorite Verdi opera. He is also a Shakespeare buff who once spent an afternoon trading quotes from the Bard with Marlon Brando as the two worked out a custody settlement over Brando's child...
...winning a major right-to-counsel case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mitchelson's fame as a divorce lawyer-and his reputation as a "bomber" who can turn a marital split-up into an expensive war-dates from 1964, when he won a $2 million settlement for Actor James Mason's ex-wife Pamela. That case, settled before Mitchelson could call his 43 witnesses and extract lurid testimony about the Mason marriage, established Mitchelson's style: the messier the case he could prepare, the bigger the settlement. Says Mitchelson with a smile: "These were the weapons...
...National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures. "Many others, while lacking ulterior motives, are nonetheless too cautious or timid to face the merits of a lawsuit quickly and directly." Delay can be used as a weapon, says the report, wearing down opponents to force a favorable settlement, or prolonging a profitable activity while its legality is interminably tested in court. When the Federal Trade Commission charged eight oil companies with stifling competition, the companies made more than 400 motions opposing FTC demands for documents. First filed in 1973, the case is still at least three years away...