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Higginbotham v. Baxter Int'l Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a series of investor lawsuits after restatement of a public company's financial results following discovery of fraud by several of the company's...

Brown v. Fred's, Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit involving claims against an employer under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act, summary judgment for defendant on the Title VII claim is...

In re: Merck & Co., Inc. Sec., Derivative & ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Securities Law
In a shareholder suit which is part of the VIOXX-related litigation, dismissal of the suit on the grounds that plaintiffs failed to make pre-suit...

In re: Teleglobe Communications Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, M&A
In bankruptcy proceedings involving suits brought by a bankrupt company's subsidiaries against Canada's largest telecommunications company, which had...

US Mortgage, Inc. v. Saxton

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging, inter alia, violations of Arizona law by incorporation of false financial information into defendant's regulatory filings on...

Affordable Housing Pres. Found. v. Smith Wiiams

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, final order granting a permanent injunction is affirmed over claims that: 1) plaintiff, as a...

Ridge at Red Hawk, L.L.C. v. Schneider

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action seeking the vacation or modification of an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrators erred in determining the proper venue for...

AT&T Corp. v. Clarendon Am. Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by AT&T against several insurance carriers for breaches of certain issued Director and Officer policies, dismissal of the...

RJT Invs. X v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
A judgment sustaining adjustments sought by the IRS to appellant's 2001 tax return and the imposition of a penalty for income tax underpayment...

Comcast of Illinois v. Multi-Vision Elecs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In an action against defendant-company and its sole officer/shareholder alleging that they had violated the Cable Communications Policy Act and...