Normally, the law protects successor corporations from the liabilities of its predecessors, and this can hamper collection efforts. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) has dedicated itself to understanding the law of corporate successor liability and applying its exceptions towards our clientsâ recovery efforts.
Dr. Nicholas L. Waddy works as an Associate Professor of History at SUNY Alfred in Alfred, New York. For more than ten years he has taught courses in European and World history. He is particularly interested in issues related to British imperialism and race relations in the colonial era.
An old-fashioned, fussy person can be called a fuddy-duddy. You might accuse your best friend of being a fuddy-duddy if she prefers staying home drinking tea and reading on Saturday nights, instead of going dancing with you. A fuddy-duddy has no sense of humor and is disapproving and a bit pompous. Fuddy-duddies seem dull and conservative, overly careful, and critical of other people's decisions. While we know fuddy-duddy first appeared in print in the late 1800s, and that it originated in the United States, its origin is a mystery.