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BOEING NORTH AMERICAN, INC. v. ROCHE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts
An Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals's decision, disallowing legal costs incurred for defending a shareholder derivative suit, is vacated where...

FREDERICK v. FIRST UNION SEC., INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
An arbitration clause in an agreement between a corporation and a shareholder is broad enough to include a shareholder's derivative action based on a...

NEONATOLOGY ASSOC., P.A. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Contributions made by professional medical corporations into Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Program Plans, well in excess of the cost of term life...

UNEMPLOYMENT INS. APPEAL BD. v. DIV. OF UNEMPLOYMENT INS.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Claimants' status as employees, who are also corporate officers, does not preclude their eligibility for benefits under the Delaware Unemployment...

APS SPORTS COLLECTIBLES, INC. v. SPORTS TIME, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action arising from a loan default and transfer of assets from a bankrupt corporation, no valid claim of liability of individual corporate...

AMERITECH CORP. v. MCCANN

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A complaint, seeking compliance with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, seeks prospective injunctive relief for an alleged ongoing violation...

GRIMES v. ALTEON INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
An alleged oral promise made to a stockholder by a CEO, to sell 10 percent of a future private stock offering, is unenforceable (even where coupled...

SEC. & EXCH. COMM'N v. CREDIT BANCORP, LTD.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, Tax Law, Government Law
The United States did not waive its sovereign immunity to permit a declaration as to the tax liabilities of corporate entities and their receiver.

CAIOLA v. CITIBANK, N.A.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Shares and options were purchased on investor's behalf, and cash-settled over-the-counter options are "securities" under the Securities Exchange Act...

NAT'L UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA v. WILLIS

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Because a corporate officer failed to provide notice of the claims asserted against him when he was first made aware of circumstances that could...