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DDJ Mgmt., LLC v. Rhone Group L.L.C.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendants presented plaintiffs with corporate financial statements that were false and misleading, the appellate...

Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action by Australian citizens claiming that defendant corporation and its officers manipulated financial models to make the...

Trooien v. Mansour

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging violations of the Minnesota Securities Act, negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty, summary...

SEC v. Byers

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In nonparties' appeal from the district court's order holding that its jurisdiction in rem and its equitable powers provided it with sufficient...

Kruss v. Booth

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit, involving a variation on a pump and dump scheme, the trial court's judgment of dismissal is reversed where: 1)...

US v. Laurienti

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions for securities fraud conspiracy are affirmed where: 1) defendants did not challenge, and overwhelming evidence supported the...

Seijas v. Repub. of Argentina

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, International Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In a class action by holders of defaulted bonds issued by the Republic of Argentina, the district court's order of class certification is affirmed in...

Arkansas Teacher Ret. Sys. v. Caiafa

Banking Law, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, M&A, Securities Law
In an objection to the Vice Chancellor's approval of a settlement among a majority of Countrywide stockholders, Countrywide directors, and Bank of...

W. Coast Opportunity Fund, LLC v. Credit Suisse Secs. (USA), LLC

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In defendant's appeal from the court of chancery's partial grant of judgment on the pleadings to plaintiff, holding that a "lockup" agreement...

Slayton v. Am. Express Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action challenging one allegedly misleading statement made in the defendants' May 15, 2001 quarterly report, dismissal of the...