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IN RE: BANK OF NEW YORK DERIVATAVE LITIGATION

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Where plaintiffs did not hold stock in defendant bank at the time of alleged wrongdoing, they lack standing to bring a derivative lawsuit, even under...

CHEMETALL GMBH v. ZR ENERGY, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Trade Secrets
Under Illinois law, the question whether plaintiff acquired the right to enforce an employee's duty of confidentiality could not be decided on the...

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUBL'G CO., LLC v. AT&T CORP.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Media Law, Securities Law
In a dispute over ownership and control of a newspaper, a provision of a Joint Operating Agreement prohibiting transfer of certain stock is valid and...

SHAEV v. SAPER

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a derivative lawsuit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging that a proxy statement made false and misleading statements...

IN RE: BANK OF NEW YORK DERIVATAVE LITIGATION

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Where plaintiffs did not hold stock in defendant bank at the time of alleged wrongdoing, they lack standing to bring a derivative lawsuit, even under...

NO. 84 EMPLOYER-TEAMSTER JOINT COUNCIL PENSION TRUST FUND v. AM. W. HOLDING CORP.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Shareholders met the pleading requirements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, in alleging defendants made misleading...

ORACLE CORP. v. FALOTTI

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
A former employee was not entitled to vest stock options or to stock-options damages after being terminated from his position, because a stock option...

WIZ TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Defendant auditor's resignation was justified by plaintiff's breach of a material condition that required it to hire different counsel for securities...

HENKEL CORP. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEM. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the circumstances, when a corporation acquired a business's product line and assumed its liabilities, the acquiring corporation did not also...

WHELAN v. WINCHESTER PROD. CO.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment dismissing RICO claim was proper, where an association-in-fact enterprise and continuity of the association were not demonstrated as...