all - Opinion Summaries

In re: Omnicom Group, Inc. Secs. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, M&A, Securities Law
In a securities class action alleging that defendants fraudulently accounted for a transaction, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1)...

Law Debenture Trust Co. v. Maverick Tube Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In an action for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference with contract based on defendant's refusal to allow certain of its...

UPMC-Braddock Hosp. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Health Law, M&A, Tax-exempt Organizations
District court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, denying a...

In re: Plassein Int'l Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In an adversary proceeding brought by the trustee of a corporation and the subsidiaries it had acquired in related leveraged buy-outs, seeking to...

Boyer v. Crown Stock Distrib., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, M&A
In Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings in which the trustee filed an adversary action against the defendants claiming fraudulent conveyance under the...

Heath v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, M&A, Securities Law
Investment banker's petition for review of the SEC's affirmance of the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) finding that petitioner violated NYSE Rule...

Vivendi SA v. T-Mobile USA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, M&A
In an action alleging RICO violations in connection with defendants' acquisition of a Polish telecommunications company, the dismissal of the action...

Fannon v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' consolidated securities action against defendants alleging fraud in connection with a merger, the judgment of the district court is...

Slattery v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, M&A
In plaintiffs' breach of contract case against United States, acting through the FDIC, the Court of Federal Claims' judgment is affirmed in part,...

A.W. Fin. Servs., S.A. v. Empires Res., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In response to four certified questions from a district court relating to Delaware's Escheat Statute, the Supreme Court of Delaware finds: 1) the new...