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TOOLEY v. DONALDSON, LUFKIN, & JENRETTE, INC.

M&A, Securities Law
The concept of "special injury," and the concept that a claim is necessarily derivative if it affects all stockholders equally, are not helpful to a...

SCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. HERRICK CO., INC.

Contracts, M&A, Remedies
The district court properly concluded that the letter agreement between the parties was a binding contract whereby they agreed to acquire the...

POPP TELECOM, INC. v. AM. SHARECOM, INC.

Corp. Governance, M&A, Securities Law
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 applies to all securities-based RICO claims commenced after its effective date even if such claims...

UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Transportation
Defendant's decision, declining to set aside or modify an arbitration award for workers adversely affected by a rail merger, is reversed. Its finding,...

FROELICH v. SENIOR CAMPUS LIVING LLC

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Magistrate judge properly relied on the court-appointed statutory appraisal of defendant company in determining the fair value of plaintiff's interest...

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Tax Law
Tax court properly determined that $6,956,590 of a $17 million court judgment paid by plaintiff should be capitalized as a cost of acquiring certain...

EMPLOYERS TEAMSTERS LOCAL NOS. 175 AND 505 PENSION TRUST FUND v. THE CLOROX CO.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Investors' claims involved statements that either were not made by defendant or were forward-looking statements protected by the safe harbor provision...

EVEREST INVESTORS 8 v. MCNEIL PARTNERS

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Where a limited partnership merges into a new entity, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of that entity, and the interests of the limited partners are...

CONSUMER FED'N OF AM. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, M&A, Media Law
In a dispute arising during the FCC's review of a proposed merger between AT&T and Comcast, petition for review is dismissed, and FCC's decision...

ERVAST v. FLEXIBLE PRODS. CO.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, M&A
In an action involving an undisclosed merger's impact on stock values held by plaintiff, the district court improperly assumed removal jurisdiction...