On motion for summary judgment, therefore, the respondents' allegations, in my view, were sufficient, and the District Court's dismissal of the action was improper to the extent that the dismissal rested on the proposition that suit could not be maintained under § 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 for mere negligence.
"There is a lack of hard evidence about the extent of improper disclosure and, where it does occur, what benefit or advantage might accrue to the individual responsible.
Officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission criticized the variable annuity industry on Monday for what they called its attempt to play down the extent of improper sales.
Mechanical factors mostly depend on inappropriate mud weight (too light or too heavy) and improper drilling methods (drilling extent, pipes' moment and vibration, and lifting pipes up and down), whereas chemical factors are dramatically influenced by drilling mud, that is to say, improper mud and insufficient inhibitors.
Stage Two was supposed to examine "the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International, other media organisations or other organisations.
Lord Leveson's inquiry into media standards is due to consider the extent of "unlawful or improper conduct" at News International and other organisations after the criminal investigations conclude.
The second part of the inquiry will examine: The extent of unlawful or improper conduct at The News of the World and other newspapers.
Cameron said this would examine "the extent of unlawful or improper conduct at the News of the World and other newspapers and the way in which management failures may have allowed this to happen.
The inquiry will look at "the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other newspaper organistions", the way the police first investigated the phone-hacking scandal and whether police officers received corrupt payments.
But his brief goes much further than that, a two-pronged investigation into the "culture, practices, ethics of the press" and the "extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other organisations", as well as the "extent to which the police received corrupt payments or were otherwise complicit in such misconduct".
A second part of the inquiry, looking into the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other newspaper media organisations, will not get under way until police investigations are concluded.
