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In re: Color Tile, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In case arising from the bankruptcy of Color Tile Inc. involving allegations of fraudulently transferred dividends, summary judgment for defendant on...

Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Petition for judicial review of the SEC's denial of a petition for review of the National Association of Securities Dealers' decision to delist...

First Union Nat'l Bank v. Pictet Overseas Trust Corp., Ltd.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant-counterclaimant in a dispute arising from a merger is reversed where the district court erred upon remand in finding...

Langbecker v. Elec. Data Sys. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Class certification of employees' ERISA action arising from defendants' alleged mismanagement of a company's 401(k) retirement plan is vacated and...

US v. Jung

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Conviction and sentence for wire and securities fraud are affirmed where: 1) although the district court failed to apply the "more exacting standard...

US v. Berger

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
A conviction and restitution order for conspiracy, loan fraud, falsifying corporate books, and various securities fraud violations is affirmed over...

Tricontinental Indus., Ltd. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of an action against an accounting firm for negligent misrepresentation, common law fraud and securities fraud is affirmed where: 1)...

In Re: Millivision, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for a bankruptcy trustee allowing the invocation of the "strong-arm" provision against an unrecorded, unperfected security interest...

US v. Lake

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Public Utilities, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions, arising from an alleged "far-reaching scheme to milk Kansas' largest public utility for all they could through a pattern of...

US v. Quinlan

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
The conviction and sentence of a former CEO of a company engaged in mortgage banking for making false statements to the SEC and for conspiring with...