all - Opinion Summaries

Feder v. Elec. Data Sys. Corp.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Government Contracts, Securities Law
Class certification in a securities class action is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in finding the state of New Jersey to be an...

O'Malley v. Jeffries

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative shareholder action, the award of attorneys' fees to defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the Court of Chancery used the...

Dejulius v. N.E. Health Care Employeesbon

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The notice program under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 is sufficient, and due process is satisfied even where Plaintiffs, shareholders holding shares under their...

US v. Wenger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
Defendant's convictions for securities fraud, under section 17(b) of the Securities Act, are affirmed over his claim that section 17(b) violates the...

US v. Cassese

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
The grant of defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal, following his conviction for securities fraud, is affirmed where the government failed to...

Peregrine Funding, Inc. v. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Plaintiffs' suit, alleging that defendant-law firm helped the perpetrators of a Ponzi scheme avoid detection and prosecution by securities regulators,...

SEC v. Great White Marine & Recreation

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Securities Law
In a dispute concerning a distribution order of funds obtained in a civil action, judgment in favor of plaintiff-SEC is affirmed over defendant's...

SEC v. George

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
In a civil-enforcement action, summary judgment against defendants is affirmed over their claim that numerous material fact disputes prohibited the...

Crabtree v. Cerner Corp.

Class Actions, Securities Law
The district court did not err in dismissing plaintiffs' class complaint where they did not meet the heightened pleading standards for falsity and...

Husvar v. Rapoport

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action dispute seeking recompense for the diminution in value of company stock, the district court erred in denying plaintiff's motion to...