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Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935 -- Fossil Or Foil?, Douglas W. Hawes
Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935 -- Fossil Or Foil?, Douglas W. Hawes
Vanderbilt Law Review
The 1935 Act, like the Investment Company Act of 1940, is concerned primarily with regulation and does not emphasize disclosure, as does the Securities Act of 1933. Under the 1935 Act, unless an exemption is available, all holding companies whose subsidiaries are engaged in the electric utility business or in the retail distribution of natural or manufactured gas must register. Once registered, a holding company becomes subject to two principal kinds of provisions under the Act. The geographical integration and corporate simplification process mandated by section 11 (and sections 6, 7, 9, and 10, which are designed to prevent new …
Case Note: Securities Law - Pensions - An Involuntary Noncontributory Employee Pension Fund Is A "Security" Under The Federal Securities Laws, Peter J. Kurshan
Case Note: Securities Law - Pensions - An Involuntary Noncontributory Employee Pension Fund Is A "Security" Under The Federal Securities Laws, Peter J. Kurshan
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In this case note, Peter J. Kurshan analyzes Daniel v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 410 F. Supp. 541 (N.D. Ill. 1976), appeal docketed, No. 76-1855 (7th Cir. April 29, 1976). Plaintiff union member John Daniel was denied the right to receive union pension benefits after working for twenty-two and one half years. The trustees of the Local 705 Fund denied the benefits because Daniel's employment was not continuous. They contended that Daniel did not meet the conditions of the union pension plan, since he had been laid off involuntarily for several months. As a result, Daniel brought a class action …