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Betz v. Trainer Wortham & Co.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, defendants' motion to remand the case to the district court following the Supreme Court's decision vacating the Ninth...

Grant Thornton LLP v. Prospect High Income Fund, ML CBO IV, Ltd.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In investors' suit against financial auditing company for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and other claims, the judgment of the court of appeals is...

US v. Kaiser

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendant's securities fraud conviction is vacated where the district court erred in its instruction with respect to the conscious avoidance theory...

Thompson v. RelationServe Media, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendants failed to disclose, before their company went public, that $2,000,000 in stock had been privately offered for...

In re: Cutera Sec. Litig.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a fraud-on-the-market suit claiming that Cutera, Inc. provided false and misleading revenue projections and failed to disclose material information...

Continental Cas. Co. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action by former limited partners of Lipper Convertibles, LP, asserting direct claims of fraud against PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), the...

Romano v. Kazacos

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging that employees of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. misrepresented that if plaintiffs were to retire early, their investment savings...

Steinman v. Malamed

Contracts, Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
In defendant's motion to enforce a prepayment provision under a settlement agreement arising from plaintiffs' suit for breach of fiduciary duty and...

Lincoln Nat'l Life Ins., Co. v. Bezich

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
A petition for permission to appeal, arising from the district court's remand of plaintiff's class action lawsuit against an insurer for breach of...

Hershey v. Engy. Transfer Ptnrs., L.P.

Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In a putative class action under the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA), alleging manipulation of natural gas futures and options prices, the dismissal of...