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Bank of Am., N.A. v. UMB Fin. Servs., Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law, Banking Law, Contracts
In an appeal from a series of orders in which the district court declined to compel plaintiff to submit to arbitration and declined to stay litigation...

Schleicher v. Wendt

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities-fraud suit against some managers of a large, publicly traded financial-services holding company, district court's conclusion that...

Lustgraaf v. Behrens

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action for damages arising out of a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a registered representative of one defendant and general agent of another, the...

In re: Mercury Interactive Corp. Sec. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities class action, the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees of twenty-five percent of the $117.5 million settlement fund to...

Malack v. BDO Seidman, LLP

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In plaintiff's putative securities fraud class action against an accounting firm that assisted American Business Financial Services, Inc. (American...

ParkCentral Global, L.P. v. Brown Inv. Mgmt., L.P.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In defendant's appeal from the Vice Chancellor's order requiring defendant to provide its list of limited partners to plaintiff, the order is affirmed...

CFTC v. Walsh

Debt Collection, Family Law, Securities Law
In an action by the CFTC and SEC alleging securities fraud, the Second Circuit certified the following question to the New York Court of Appeals: 1)...

Northstar Fin. Advisors, Inc. v. Schwab Invs.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action by investors claiming that a large American investment trust operating a series of mutual funds unlawfully deviated from the investment...

US v. Kumar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy, securities and wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and perjury are affirmed in part where: 1)...

In re: Aetna, Inc. Sec. Litig.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff shareholders' securities fraud class action suit against Aetna, Inc., claiming that defendants misled investors about Aetna's pricing of...