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Peloro v. US

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Securities Law
In actions brought seeking to recover certain securities in accounts that had been maintained by a registered securities brokerage firm that was the...

Kanter v. Barella

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a shareholders' derivative action for breach of fiduciary duty arising from a company's allegedly improper billing practices, Rule 12(b)(6)...

McNamee v. IRS

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Defendant's determination that plaintiff is personally liable for the employment tax liabilities of his wholly owned limited-liability company, which...

N. Am. Catholic Educ. Programming Found., Inc. v. Gheewalla

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The creditors of a Delaware corporation that is either insolvent or in the zone of insolvency have no right, as a matter of law, to assert direct...

EFund Capital v. Pless

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In case involving, in part, a shareholder derivative suit, order denying defendants' motion to compel arbitration is reversed as, under California...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Res. Dev. Int'l LLC

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case involving lawsuits filed by the SEC to shut down two fraudulent prime bank trading programs, a judgment finding that a $60,000 payment from...

Centex Corp. v. US

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action alleging the U.S. breached contracts by which plaintiffs agreed to acquire failing thrifts insured by the government in exchange for...

Oscar Private Equity Invs. v. Allegiance Telecom, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
Given the lethal force of certifying a class of purchasers of securities enabled by the fraud-on-the-market doctrine, loss causation must be...

Texas Indus., Inc. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving a business interruption insurance claim arising from a fire at a cement manufacturing plant, summary judgment for plaintiff is...