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Kleinman v. Elan Corp.

Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
Judgment dismissing amended complaint alleging defendants issued a misleading press release describing the preliminary clinical trial results for...

Dichter-Mad Family Partners v. US

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
District court properly dismissed plaintiffs' claims of negligence against the SEC and the US for their losses in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, where: 1)...

UBS Financial Services, Inc. v. Carilion Clinic

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In declaratory judgment action brought in response to the initiation of arbitration related to advice rendered on issuance of bonds, the district...

Gibbons v. Malone

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In shareholder action seeking disgorgement of profits that defendant director and shareholder realized after numerous transactions in the Company's...

Petzschke v. Century Aluminum Company

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities action alleging that a company’s securities were issued under a materially false or misleading registration statement, judgment of...

Freeman Investments, L.P. v. Pacific Life Insurance Company

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action for breach of a variable universal life insurance contract, judgment of dismissal is affirmed in part and reversed in part, where:...

US v. Moskowitz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of a defendant for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme related to transactions in the common stock of a corporation of which he...

People v. Butler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for securities fraud and related offenses are affirmed where: 1) proving defendant knew he was selling a security...

In re: Verifone Holdings, Inc. Sec. Litig.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In investors' securities fraud class action in connection with a restatement of financial results of the company in which the investors had purchased...

Nat'l Sec. Sys., Inc. v. Iola

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a financial planner and other entities, arising out of a tax avoidance scheme known as the Employers Participating...