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City of Pontiac Gen. Emps. Ret. Sys. v. MBIA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action dispute alleging securities fraud, SEC Rule 10b, decision by District Court dismissing proposed class action as barred by the...

Smith v. Home Loan Funding

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action, judgment for breach of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation against a mortgage lender who acted as a mortgage broker is affirmed...

E. Hampton Union Free Sch. Dist. v. Sandpebble Builders, Inc

Construction, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In litigation brought by a school district against a corporation it had hired to perform construction management services, and where the school...

Standard Investment Chartered, Inc. v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities action alleging that defendant, which are self-regulatory organizations (SRO) and its officers made misstatements in connection with a...

Artuso v. Vertex Pharms., Inc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving a dispute about what emoluments are due to an ousted executive under an employment agreement, claiming breach of contract and...

People v. Wells Fargo Ins. Servs.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
An insurance broker does not have a common-law fiduciary duty to disclose to its customers "incentive" arrangements that the broker has entered into...

Fairbank v. Ayers

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial denial of 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's guilty plea and capital sentence for murder is affirmed over...

Landmen Partners, Inc. v. The Blackstone Group, L.P.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a putative securities class action, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a...

DISH Network Corp. v. DBSD N. Am., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In consolidated appeals arising out of the bankruptcy of DBSD North America, district court's judgment affirming rulings of the bankruptcy court's...

Blue Water Sunset LLC v. Markowitz

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trials court's denial of a motion to disqualify defendant's attorney from a derivative action during which he briefly represented certain defendants...