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In Re: Majestic Star Casino LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment to debtors and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates on their motion to avoid its controlling entity's termination of its status...

Hinojos v. Kohl's Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
District court's dismissal of claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law, Fair Advertising Law, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act brought by a...

PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
The U.K. one-time "windfall tax" imposed on privatized companies in 1997 and paid by petitioner, is creditable under Internal Revenue Code section...

Melendrez v. Superior Court (Special Electric Company, Inc.)

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Where a bankrupt corporation had no officer, director, employee, or agent who could verify the discovery responses in a wrongful death action against...

Mariotti, Sr. v. Mariotti Building Products, Inc.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's claim of religious discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, is...

Hernandez v. Amcord, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment of nonsuit in asbestos action alleging negligence and strict liability is reversed, where: 1) the evidence presented by plaintiff at trial,...

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Constitutional Law
The Alien Tort Statute does not reach conduct occurring in a foreign sovereign's territory, where: 1) the presumption against extraterritoriality...

Gianfrancesco v. Wrentham, MA

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit alleging defendants maliciously imposed excessive regulatory requirements on plaintiff's restaurant in retaliation for...

Mercer v. Gupta

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff’s derivative suit on behalf of Goldman Sachs under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act seeking to require...

AngioDynamics, Inc. v. Biolitec AG

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A preliminary injunction barring defendants from completing a merger with its Austrian subsidiary allegedly to place its corporate assets out of the...