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Brown v. Earthboard Sports USA, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The National Securities Markets Improvement Act (NSMIA) preempts state securities registration requirements only with respect to securities that...

McAninch v. Wintermute

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a breach of contract action brought by former bank directors against their insurer, an insurer may not avoid its duty to indemnify under a D&O...

Davis v. Yageo Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In consolidated cases arising out of a corporate dispute between majority and minority shareholders over the minority right to elect certain directors...

In Re: Ontos, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Order approving a bankruptcy trustee's stipulation for waiver and release of claims arising out of a bankrupt company's fraudulent transfer is...

AT&T Corp. v. Faraday Capital Ltd.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by an insured, AT&T, seeking coverage under multiple D&O primary and excess policies for defense costs and other expenses...

Abbott Labs. v. Takeda Pharm. Co. Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, International Law
Dismissal of a suit for breach of fiduciary duties by one co-owner of a Delaware pharmaceutical corporation against the other is affirmed where a...

Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Petition for judicial review of the SEC's denial of a petition for review of the National Association of Securities Dealers' decision to delist...

Holdeman v. Devine

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action suit brought by participants in an ERISA-governed medical benefit plan who were left with significant medical bills when their...

US v. Lake

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Public Utilities, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions, arising from an alleged "far-reaching scheme to milk Kansas' largest public utility for all they could through a pattern of...

Feeney v. AT&E, Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action arising from an agreement to purchase a company in which sellers claimed fraud in the inducement, conversion, and breach of contract,...