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Newport Beach Country Club, Inc. v. Founding Members of the Newport Beach Country Club

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
When a trial court judgment decides a case on two alternate grounds, and the appellate court affirms based on one ground, the judgment is binding...

Coleman v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, M&A, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant on claims alleging that it made negligent misrepresentations in its audit report on the annual financial statements of...

Minnesota Invco of RSA #7, Inc. v. Midwest Wireless Holdings LLC

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an action brought by minority interest holders of a limited liability company seeking specific performance of a right of first refusal with regards...

Lions Gate Entm't Corp. v. Image Entm't Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, M&A, Remedies, Securities Law
Summary judgment is entered in favor of plaintiff, an independent producer and distributor of motion pictures and other entertainment, on all claims,...

Williamson v. Cox Communications, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Defendants-cable companies' motion to dismiss plaintiff's breach of fiduciary claims is denied where a tolling agreement tolled the statute of...

Gildor v. Optical Solutions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a case brought by a preferred shareholder in an attempt to assert his preemptive rights to buy certain new preferred shares issued by defendant, a...

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...

Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc. v. Fitzgibbons

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, M&A
Denial of special motion to strike brought under the anti-SLAPP statute is reversed where an email message defendant sent questioning the financial...

McGovern v. Gen. Holding, Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, M&A, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a dispute between defendant, a scientist and inventor, and plaintiffs, his two business partners, the court finds that: 1) defendant breached his...

Gatz v. Ponsoldt

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a case brought by a company's shareholders asserting they had a direct claim in connection with a certain "sham" transaction alleged to have taken...