The partners' fortunes were bound together through their ownership of the firm.
Mr Scalzi, who is currently president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, said it was "absurd" for the firm to claim ownership of the phrase and its use in literature.
Form BD contains some information that is important to investors and cannot be obtained elsewhere, such as the ownership structure of a firm.
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The ownership structure of Lazard is so complex that even senior bankers at the firm do not understand it.
The firm added that it had been "content" with the joint ownership of BBH, and had wanted it to continue "for the long-term".
Meanwhile, Frederic Thut - the owner of Fine Art Auctions Miami which is selling the piece - said his firm had performed "all necessary due diligence" to establish the ownership of the work.
Currently run by Severn River Crossing Plc, the bridge will return to public ownership when the firm has collected a fixed sum of money from tolls, expected to be around 2017.
The firm, in its third generation of family ownership, has grown flabby.
In a report before the UnitedHealth announcement, the firm said that Amil was well positioned because of its size and its ownership of health-care providers.
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Sun Pharmaceuticals, India's biggest drugmaker, is trying to buy full ownership of Taro, an Israeli drug firm, but some of Taro's shareholders are stubbornly against the idea.
It exists to stop shareholders enjoying their full ownership rights by threatening, if triggered, to dilute the value of those shares in certain circumstances specified by a firm's board.
France is supporting the former head of a state-owned firm to be the chairwoman of EADS, even as the company works to simplify its ownership structure and reduce government interference.
In the decade since lawmakers first allowed so-called pass-through entities, known as S corporations, to offer employee stock-ownership plans, the number of these firms offering ESOPs has more than doubled, according to Matrix Global Advisors, a consulting firm.
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