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Kirschner v. KPMG LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative action against accounting firms by the litigation trustee of a bankrupt corporation for allegedly aiding and abetting fraud, in...

US v. Krane

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In intervenor's appeal from the district court's order compelling intervenor's former counsel to comply with a pretrial subpoena duces tecum issued in...

Ginsburg v. InBev NV/SA

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an action by beer consumers suing to enjoin the now-consummated acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. by InBev NV/SA on the ground that the...

Bender v. Jordan

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action against a bank, five of its then-directors and its president and CEO, the district court's order requiring the...

Ahcom, Ltd. v. Smeding

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In an action against the shareholders of a bankrupt corporation, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where a creditor of a corporation in...

1-800-Got Junk? LLC v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In plaintiff's suit against a defendant franchisor, 1-800-Got Junk?, for wrongfully terminating a franchise, defendant's request for a writ of mandate...

In re: Adelphia Communications Corp. Sec. & Deriv. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities and derivative litigation, a denial of non-lead class counsel's petition for increased attorneys' fees following a settlement is...

Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. Broadspire Mgmt Serv. Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Commercial Law, Contracts
In the parties' dispute over the arbitrability of four purchase price disputes in connection with a sale of an insurance administration business...

Bear Mountain Orchards, Inc. v. Mich-Kim, Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against an officer of a now defunct wholesale produce dealer, claiming that the officer is individually liable to them under the...

Genzyme Corp. v. Federal Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a corporation's suit against its insurer seeking to recover its costs in settling a shareholder class action under a corporate and director and...