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MOR-COR PACKAGING PRODS., INC. v. INNOVATIVE PACKAGING CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a breach of contract action under Wisconsin law, further proceedings are necessary to determine whether a proposed acquisition was incompatible...

LAWTON v. NYMAN

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies, Securities Law
Officers and directors of a closely held family corporation breached their fiduciary duty to minority shareholders, whose shares the officers caused...

DESAIGOUDAR v. MEYERCORD

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Judicial review of the decision of a special litigation committee appointed by a corporation's board of directors is governed by the business judgment...

AM. ELEC. POWER CO. v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
A corporate-owned life insurance plan was an economic sham, thus deductions of interest due on loans made against the policies from federal income tax...

NEUBAUER v. GOLDFARB

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Waiver of corporate directors' and majority shareholders' fiduciary duties to minority shareholders in private close corporations is against public...

FRESENIUS MED. CARE CARDIOVASCULAR RES., INC. v. PUERTO RICO

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
A public corporation is not an arm of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and so is not entitled to assert immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.

CLACKAMAS GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCS., P.C. v. WELLS

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In determining whether shareholder-directors of a corporation should be counted as "employees" under the ADA, courts should assess whether the...

DOLE FOOD CO. v. PATRICKSON

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Securities Law
A corporation is an instrumentality of a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 only if the foreign state itself owns a...

CORP. EXPRESS OFFICE PRODS., INC. v. PHILLIPS

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In contrast to an asset purchase, neither a 100 percent purchase of corporate stock nor a corporate merger affects the enforceability of non-compete...

AES CORP. v. DOW CHEM. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Non-reliance clauses in documents relating to transactions in which plaintiff acquired the stock of defendant's subsidiary did not render plaintiff's...