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Louisiana Stadium & Exposition v. Financial Guaranty Insurance

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In appeal of district court's grant of defendant's 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint to rescind an agreement to purchase bond...

Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Partners, LP v. Superior Well Services, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a corporation seeking to compel the repurchase of preferred stock, the Appellate Division's dismissal of the complaint is...

Donoghue v. Bulldog Investors General Partnership

Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In a disgorgement claim brought by plaintiff on behalf of the stock issuer, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where the court concluded that...

Hawran v. Hixson

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer claiming, inter alia, causes of action for defamation, invasion of privacy/false light, negligent and...

Cody v. Sec. & Exchange Comm'n.

Securities Law
In a complaint against a registered representative in the securities industry, the judgment of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), upholding...

In re: Rigel Pharm., Inc. Securities Litigation

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
In plaintiff's suit for securities fraud individually and on behalf of all other persons who purchased or otherwise acquired a pharmaceutical...

NECA-IBEW Health & Welfare Fund v. Goldman Sachs & Co.

Class Actions, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a putative class action brought under Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act on behalf of all persons who acquired certain...

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Obus

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In the SEC's suit against defendants for insider trading in violation of section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 under both the classical and the...

Gould v. Winstar Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a suit against an independent auditor of Winstar Communications, Inc., for securities fraud in violation of section 10(b) of the Securities...

Ryan v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh PA.

Insurance Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In an insurer's challenge to the district court's decision awarding plaintiffs consequential damages for the defendant's breach of its duty to defend...