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Harvey v. Landing Homeowners Ass'n

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging a decision by the board of directors of a homeowners association determining that fourth floor homeowners in a condominium...

Laperriere v. Vesta Ins. Group, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
In an appeal addressing whether, and to what extent, the proportionate liability scheme of section 21(D)(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...

Consol. Mgmt. Group, LLC v. Dep't of Corp.

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case wherein the trial court denied a petition for writ of administrative mandamus which sought to overturn a California Department of...

Bradstreet v. Wong

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving whether defendants, as shareholders, officers, or managing agents of several corporations may be held personally liable for...

US v. Sullivan

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions and sentences for mail, wire, and bankruptcy fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering are...

SDV/ACCI, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.

Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against AT&T and one of its employees alleging that the employee defamed plaintiffs in the course of her employment, summary...

Roth v. Perseus, LLC

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case addressing whether the SEC Rule 16b-3(d) protective shield extends to "directors by deputization", the circuit court: 1) defers to the SEC's...

Roth v. Perseus, LLC

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case addressing whether the SEC Rule 16b-3(d) protective shield extends to "directors by deputization", the circuit court: 1) defers to the SEC's...

Anderson v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a class action brought by shareholders of a now-defunct New Mexico corporation against Merrill Lynch, grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to...

Spirtas Co. v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In a case where an insurer of directors and officers liability (D&O) policies refused to defend and indemnify the insured in a third-party...