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Trustees of the Graphic Communications Int'l Union Health and Welfare Plan v. Bjorkedal

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In trustees' ERISA action against shareholders of a company arising after the company stopped making contributions to a fund that provided health and...

Grosset v. Wenaas

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
California law, like Delaware law, generally requires a plaintiff in a shareholder's derivative suit to maintain continuous stock ownership throughout...

Schoon v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative action instituted by a non-shareholder director alleging breaches of fiduciary duties by his fellow directors, dismissal of complaint...

Imwalle v. Reliance Med. Prods., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming, inter alia, unlawful retaliation when 62-year-old plaintiff was fired three months after he filed a charge with the EEOC that...

Cemco Investors, LLC v. US

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a tax case arising from a lawyer's efforts to set up a tax shelter, a judgment for the IRS disallowing an LLC's claimed $3.6 million loss and...

Adamson v. Multi Cmty. Diversified Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a federal age and sex discrimination action against a non-profit corporate employer brought by plaintiffs-family members after they were...

Matulich v. Aegis Communications Group, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action involving the lower court's interpretation of a Certificate of Designation, which delineates the rights, preferences, limitations and...

Fichman v. Media Ctr.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action against a nonprofit organization raising claims under the Age discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities...

Caddo Valley R.R. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law, Transportation
In a case involving a rail carrier that acquired a railroad line through a forced sale pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 10907, petition for review of a...

In re: Ferro Corp. Derivative Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint for failing to allege, with adequate particularity, that a demand would be...