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Hobbs v. Weinkauf

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute arising from the operation of a condominium association, a judgment for defendant-association on a claim that it failed to comply with...

Seinfeld v. Becherer

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a shareholder derivative suit contending that a corporation failed to make certain required disclosures in a proxy statement that...

Advanced Litig., LLC v. Herzka

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In a suit involving a litigation support company's claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and conversion, defendant's motion for summary judgment...

Trenwick Am. Litig. Trust v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, M&A, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
In an action brought by a litigation trust arising from the bankruptcy of a Bermudan holding company and its top U.S. subsidiary, the court finds...

McCord v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a gift tax case, tax court rulings and judgment adverse to taxpayers are reversed where, given a majority's reversible errors in evaluating donated...

Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. v. Niagara Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Remedies, Securities Law
Defendant's motion for a stay pending appeal of an order granting in part plaintiff's Section 220 request for inspection of defendant's books and...

Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. v. Sprint Corp.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, M&A, Remedies, Trademark
In a breach of contract action arising out of the merger of Nextel with and into a subsidiary of Sprint, the court finds that: 1) Sprint Nextel will...

Kosseff v. Ciocia

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a suit brought by a shareholder alleging that defendant board members breached their fiduciary duties to a corporation in approving a particular...

Gentile v. Rosette

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendants, former directors and a CEO, on minority shareholders' claim of breach of fiduciary duty arising from a particular...

Gen. Motors Corp. v. Franchise Tax Bd.

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a companion case to Microsoft Corp. v. Franchise Tax Bd., __ Cal.4th ___ (Aug. 17, 2006, S133343), the court finds that under the Uniform Division...