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Hughes v. US

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Winstar breach of contract case, rulings in favor of plaintiff-individual corporate officer and a ruling against plaintiff-corporation are...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Phan

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an SEC action alleging defendant used stock registered only for employee compensation purposes to raise capital from the public for the...

In re: Exxon Mobil Corp. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action raising securities claims brought by former shareholders of Mobil arising from an alleged misrepresentation by Exxon made in the course...

Cent. Laborers' Pension Fund v. Integrated Elec. Servs. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action brought against defendant and several of its executive officers, dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs' complaint is...

AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Roden

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract suit brought by a successor company against the former CEO of the predecessor, dismissal the federal suit under the Younger abstention...

Murphy v. Stargate Defense Sys. Corp.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a suit seeking to rescind the sale of a corporation to another business as well as two earlier stock purchases, grant for plaintiffs of the right...

Lange v. Schropp

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit brought by a bankruptcy trustee alleging defendants breached their fiduciary duties to certain bankruptcy estates and converted property of...

Brown v. Fred's, Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit involving claims against an employer under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act, summary judgment for defendant on the Title VII claim is...

In re: Merck & Co., Inc. Sec., Derivative & ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Securities Law
In a shareholder suit which is part of the VIOXX-related litigation, dismissal of the suit on the grounds that plaintiffs failed to make pre-suit...

In re: Teleglobe Communications Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, M&A
In bankruptcy proceedings involving suits brought by a bankrupt company's subsidiaries against Canada's largest telecommunications company, which had...