all - Opinion Summaries

Rockies Fund v. Sec. and Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Sanctions, Securities Law
Petition for review of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order sanctioning petitioners under various rules is granted and the SEC order...

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...

Spotts v. US

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendant-I.R.S. in an action seeking to remove a nominee federal tax lien is reversed where the lower court did not apply state...

Intera Corp. v. Henderson

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A court should not dismiss a case for lack of personal jurisdiction on the merits or "with prejudice," especially when it appears that another court...

Pro Axess v. Orlux

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a contract dispute between corporations, the district court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over defendant is affirmed where: (1) the...

US v. Acorn Tech. Fund

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
District court erred in its determination that plaintiffs' fraud in the inducement claims could only be brought derivatively and were without merit as...

Kempner v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In multi-claim contract and tort law case, denial of judgment as a matter of law for defendant is reversed with regards to plaintiff's claim for...

RLH Indus., Inc. v. SBC Communications, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The commerce clause does not bar application of California antitrust law to out-of-state anticompetitive conduct that causes injury in California.

Hardage v. CBS Broadcasting Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

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...