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US v. Bush

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
Defendant's securities fraud and money laundering convictions are affirmed where, although the court held that Santos applied to Section 1957...

Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Secs. (USA) LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action allege that the defendant-appellee investment banks violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by engaging in...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Wealth Mgmt. LLC

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Securities Law
In the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based investment firm and its principals alleging a host of...

Coppinger-Martin v. Solis

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In action alleging that Nordstrom, Inc. violated the whistleblower-protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by terminating petitioner's...

Am. Bank v. City of Menasha

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence, Government Law, Securities Law
In a class action suit against a city claiming that it had violated federal securities law by failing to disclose to prospective buyers of bonds...

Atwater v. Nat'l. Football League Players Ass'n.

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Sports Law
In an action by former NFL players claiming that the NFL performed an inadequate investigation of financial advisors with whom the players invested,...

Hillis v. Heineman

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, the dismissal of the complaint for improper venue is affirmed where a defendant who files a counterclaim or a...

In re: Oracle Corp. Sec. Litig.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities litigation against Oracle and three of its officers alleging that Oracle missed its earnings per share target due to an elaborate...

Versata Enters., Inc. v. Selectica, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action seeking a declaration that a "poison pill" shareholders' rights provision was valid and enforceable, judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed...

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...