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In re: Am. Wagering, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Gaming Law
In bankruptcy proceedings involving a claim against a bankrupt corporation by a former business consultant to bankruptcy debtors, a court of appeals...

McAninch v. Wintermute

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a breach of contract action brought by former bank directors against their insurer, an insurer may not avoid its duty to indemnify under a D&O...

Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bank's declaratory judgment action brought against a husband and wife, and their family farm and ranch business located on tribal land, seeking...

Alliance Payment Sys., Inc. v. Walczer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action to collect amounts allegedly owed under a settlement agreement that divided a business, order granting new trial for defendants is affirmed...

Reis v. Walker

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute brought by former employee against the corporation's president and chief executive officer involving claims based on allegations that...

Fed. Election Comm'n v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action brought by a nonprofit corporation, Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and alleging that the...

Harlamert v. World Finer Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a declaratory judgment action brought by the administrator of an estate against a closely held corporation alleging that the estate is permitted to...

Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
In the context of private securities fraud actions and the pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) intended to...

In re: Myers

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, Sanctions
Dismissal of a bankruptcy case as having been filed in bad faith and other rulings are affirmed over claims that: 1) a bankruptcy court abused its...

Johnson v. Aljian

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In the context of insider trading liability under the federal securities laws, in order to maintain a claim under Section 20A of the Exchange Act, a...