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Goldstein v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Securities Law
A petition for review of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) regulation of "hedge funds" under the Investment Advisers Act is granted and a...

McGraw-Hill Cos. v. International Sec. Exch.

Intellectual Property, Securities Law, Trademark
Dismissal of complaints and denial of motion for preliminary injunction are affirmed where an options exchange, by creating, listing, and facilitating...

Virtanen v. O'Connell

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Judgment against defendants, attorney and law firm acting as escrow holder for stock transaction, for breach of duty and conversion of stock, is...

LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Assocs., Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants, in case where plaintiff relied on two provisions of ERISA in alleging breach of fiduciary duty for...

McGraw-Hill Cos. v. International Sec. Exch., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Securities Law, Trademark
Dismissal of complaints and denial of motion for preliminary injunction are affirmed where an options exchange, by creating, listing, and facilitating...

Ross v. Nat'l Ctr. for the Employment of the Disabled

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, M&A, Securities Law
Denial of a bill of review to set aside a default judgment against a party is reversed where the court of appeals erred in requiring a party to act...

Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 does not exempt remand orders from 28 U.S.C. section 1447(d) and its general rule of...

Anglo Am. Sec. Fund, L.P. v. S.R. Global Int'l Fund, L.P.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from the interpretation of a limited partnership agreement and certain alleged duties existing between limited and general...

Laws v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from arbitration proceedings involving defendant's attempted recovery of a deficient margin account, denial of plaintiff's motion...

U.S. v. Soto-Cruz

Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing
Appeal of sentence for mail and securities fraud is dismissed where defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived the right to appeal his sentence in his...