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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petro. Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action by residents of Nigeria claiming that Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations engaged in oil exploration and production aided and...

Equitable Res., Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., etc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In a company's suit under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) to vacate or modify the arbitration award against it, district...

Detroit Gen. Ret. Sys. v. Medtronic, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging that a biotechnology company engaged in securities fraud by misleading investors as to the seriousness of a problem with certain...

Lambrecht v. O'Neal

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a proceeding under Article IV, Section 11(8) of the Delaware Constitution and Supreme Court Rule 41 on a question of law certified to the Delaware...

US v. Damra

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Tax Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for evading corporate income tax in violation of 26 U.S.C. section 2701 and for conspiring to defraud the United...

Iowa Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. MF Global, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging material misstatements and omissions in a prospectus and registration statement of defendant, and asserting claims under section...

Tri-Star Elec. Int'l, Inc. v. Preci-Dip Durtal, SA

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, district court's denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of standing under Federal Rule of Civil procedure 12(b)(1) is...

McKissick v. Yuen

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action against plaintiff's former company and two of its former officers, accusing them of perpetrating a fraud that rendered her stock options...

Favila v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an executor's suit against defendant for conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in connection with the sale of decedent's company, trial...

Superior Seafoods, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Copyright, Trademark, M&A
District court's denial of plaintiff's Rule 60(d)(3) motion to vacate an underlying consent judgment involving a series of trademark-related actions...