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DEVINE & DEVINE FOOD BROKERS, INC. v. WAMPLER FOODS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Plaintiff failed to show that defendant assumed the liabilities of the entity with whom plaintiff had negotiated a severance provision, by means of an...

BENEFITS COMM. OF SAINT-GOBAIN CORP. v. KEY TRUST CO. OF OHIO

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Securities Law
Authorizing repayment by a company employee stock ownership plan, of a loan from the company's successor corporation, would not cause the plan trustee...

ELEC. INSPECTORS, INC. v VILLAGE OF E. HILLS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The state-action immunity doctrine does not shield a municipality and a private corporation from alleged federal antitrust-law violations, resulting...

EUSTACE v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
A corporation's investors were not entitled to a 26 U.S.C. section 41 tax credit for the corporation's simple industrious software development.

INTERSHOP COMMUNICATIONS, AG v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY (MARTINEZ)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
A forum selection clause in a stock options exchange agreement was not merely permissive, and its enforcement would not violate Corporations Code...

GREAT PLAINS TRUST CO. v. MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
The district court did not err in 1) denying a motion to remand, in an action for liability from a due diligence investigation and a fairness opinion,...

EPLUS TECH., INC. v. ABOUD

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
A Canadian citizen had sufficient contacts to support the district court's finding of jurisdiction in a civil RICO fraud action, and the court's...

CAPITAL VIDEO CORP. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Legal fees paid for a defense against criminal charges were not deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses under Internal Revenue Code...

APPLEBAUM v. AVAYA, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
A corporation could validly initiate a reverse stock split and selectively dispose of the fractional interests held by stockholders who no longer hold...

GAYMAN v. PRINCIPAL FIN. SERV., INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, for the taking of policyholders' "property" (the right to receive liquidating distribution) without just compensation...