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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...

Costello v. Grundon

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Government Law, Securities Law
In a litigation trustee's suit against former high-level employees of a bankrupt company ("borrowers") to enforce certain promissory notes, district...

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...

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...

Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' suit against defendant broker, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., claiming that defendant misrepresented the purchased auction-rate...

Board of Trustees v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the district court's denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration, the order is reversed where plaintiff's officer had implied...

Quan v. Computer Sci. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action pursuant to ERISA by participants in an employer's 401(k) plan against named and de facto fiduciaries of the plan, claiming...

Cohen v. Viray

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an objector's appeal from a settlement of a shareholder derivative suit, the order approving the settlement is vacated where the district court...

SEC v. Rajaratnam

Securities Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, White Collar Crime
In defendants' appeal from a discovery order of the district court compelling them to disclose to the SEC wiretapped conversations provided to them by...

Brown v. Owens Corning Inv. Review Comm.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In former Owens Corning (OC) employees' class action lawsuit against the fiduciaries of their retirement plans pursuant to the Employee Retirement...