all - Opinion Summaries

AT&T Corp. v. Clarendon Am. Ins. Co.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Court grants AT&T leave to appeal an amended opinion and order granting summary judgment to multiple defendant-insurers, involving coverage under...

Smythers v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA
In a declaratory judgment action brought by plaintiff on behalf of a company's employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust and its participants and...

McGovern v. Gen. Holding, Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, M&A, Oil and Gas Law, Patent
In a dispute between defendant, a scientist and inventor, and plaintiffs, his two business partners, the court finds that: 1) defendant breached his...

Lillis v. AT&T Corp.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute between former officers and directors of a telecommunications company and that company's successors in interest concerning the...

Gatz v. Ponsoldt

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a case brought by a company's shareholders asserting they had a direct claim in connection with a certain "sham" transaction alleged to have taken...

Anglo Am. Sec. Fund, L.P. v. S.R. Global Int'l Fund, L.P.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from the interpretation of a limited partnership agreement and certain alleged duties existing between limited and general...

Carlson v. Hallinan

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a direct and derivative action involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, a motion for clarification of an opinion is granted in part...

In re the Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for defendant on all claims in a derivative action brought on behalf of the Walt Disney Company against a former president and directors of...

Amato v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
Denial of motion by corporate custodian of records to quash two administrative subpoenas duces tecum is affirmed where: 1) the act-of-production...

Willis v. Donnelly

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In circumstances where a plaintiff is suing for breach of fiduciary duty based on his purported status as a minority shareholder, Texas law does not...