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In re: Myers

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, Sanctions
Dismissal of a bankruptcy case as having been filed in bad faith and other rulings are affirmed over claims that: 1) a bankruptcy court abused its...

Johnson v. Aljian

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In the context of insider trading liability under the federal securities laws, in order to maintain a claim under Section 20A of the Exchange Act, a...

Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business,...

Rupp v. United Sec. Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A bankruptcy debtor's title of "director emeritus" of defendant-company does not make the company a "per se insider" of the debtor, for purposes of a...

In re: Adbox, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute between the primary financial backers of a start-up company in bankruptcy, involving backers' counterclaim against the company's...

Zengen, Inc. v. Comerica Bank

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, White Collar Crime
In a dispute over whether a bank that honored fraudulent payment orders or the company that employed an embezzling chief financial officer should bear...

First Commerce Bank v. Palmer

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving two guaranty agreements required by a creditor and given by shareholders of a corporate debtor, a judgment refusing to enforce...

Kanter v. Barella

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a shareholders' derivative action for breach of fiduciary duty arising from a company's allegedly improper billing practices, Rule 12(b)(6)...

Davis Int'l, LLC v. New Start Group Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Remedies
In an federal RICO action brought by shareholders of a Russian company alleging a conspiracy perpetrated by members of an international organized...

N. Am. Catholic Educ. Programming Found., Inc. v. Gheewalla

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The creditors of a Delaware corporation that is either insolvent or in the zone of insolvency have no right, as a matter of law, to assert direct...