The words "trade organization," or "trade association" mean any organizations or associations of business or industrial entities that are associated and/or meet for the purpose of achieving common goals and/or exchanging information related to common needs or interests, and/or learning information or facts ofinterest to the various members ofthe organization or association. 13.

Also provide historical information regarding all predecessors, prior names, asset purchases, acquisitions or spin-offs for all associated business entities that were involved, in any manner, in the sale, manufacture, distribution, and/or mining of asbestos and/or asbestos containing products.

The words "trade organization," or "trade association" mean any organization or associations of business or industrial entities that are associated and/or meet for the purpose of achieving common goals and/or exchanging information related to common needs or interests, and/or learning information or facts of interest to the various members of the organization or association. 13.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Business History Conference All rights reserved For permissions please mail journals.permis ions@oxfordjournals.org journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org khm023 Advance Access publication May 29 2007 GEOFFREY TWEEDALE is reader in business history at Manchester Metropolitan University Contact information Manchester Metropolitan University Business School Aytoun Street Manchester M1 3GH U.K. mail G.Twedale@mu.ac.uk G.Tweedale@mmu.ac.uk LAURIE FLYNN is a freelance writer and documentary film producer Contact information mail laurievincentflynn@mac.com This article draws on a large mass of business and legal papers that was generated by the Yandle and Adams litigation The papers have been deposited at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School and document citations in the text are from this source We are grateful to Nick Wikeley for advice in the writing of this article David Bricknell David Jeremy Clive Bishop Barry Castleman Steve Tombs and Jock McCulloch kindly offered comments and help at various times Two anonymous referees and editors Steven Tolliday and Kenneth Lipartito provided some final sharpening The responsibility for the text is our own 268 Piercing the Corporate Veil Corporations are typically organized according to the laws of limited liability and increasingly operate across national boundaries by means of subsidiaries A massive business literature has described this process and extolled the enormous material benefits that have ensued Business historians have made important contributions to this field indeed the writings of Alfred D.

Testimony will be presented by several companies and the Asbestos Information Association.

But the aspirin industry, with the assistance of the W hite House's Of fice o f Management and Budget, was able to delay a major government public educational program for two years, and mandatoiy labels for four years.6 Although the four studies were enough for the CDC to issue warnings, the industry raised 17 specific "flaws" in the studies7and insisted that more reliable studies were needed to establish a causal association betw een aspirin and Reye's syndrome.

information from the manufacturer, the specific source of asbestos with dates: According to information from the manufacturer, Canada.

Wagner's widely publicized association of mesothelioma with Cape Crocidolite asbestos exposure created the potential for the introduction of diagnostic bias (Wagner, i960).

A "CONTRACT UNIT(S)" shall mean a department, division, subdivision, branch, or group which has been or is now engaged in installation and/or removal of RAW ASBESTOS FIBER and/or ASBESTOS-CONTAINING PRODUCT(S). /// 33677 3. 1 2 "COMPANY" means any profit making private enterprise, 3 including corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, and sole 4 proprietorships. 5 INTERROGATORY NO. 1: 6 State the IDENTITY of each person who has supplied 7 information used in answering these interrogatories. 8 ANSWER: * 9 10 INTERROGATORY NO. 2: 11 State whether YOU are a corporation.

In general it is the recommendation of the committee that an effort be made to inform all employees of the new asbestos procedure requirements emphasizing the notice required to the regulatory agencies and highlighting the increased costs that will be associated with future asbestos renovation/removal.

I also looked at unpublished information which was obtained in legal discovery.

Consequently, emphasizes the production processes and emissions associated with brake linings, placing lesser emphasis on other products in the friction ' materials group. 82 TABLE 19.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY February 4, 1976 Asbestos Information Association North America 1660 L Street, N.

Calidria is not an "asbestos-'containing product".

Testimony will be presented by several companies and the Asbestos Information Association.