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Demings v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff's class-action lawsuit, individually and in his official capacity as a sheriff, on behalf of all public employers who sponsor deferred...

New York City Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Jobs

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action against Steve Jobs, Apple corporation, and others concerning the issuance of an allegedly false and misleading proxy...

In re Morgan Stanley Info. Fund Secs. Litig.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action alleging that defendant bank failed to make certain disclosures relating to the mutual funds it offered, the dismissal of...

Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action alleging options backdating, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs failed to plead any...

Kornman v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an SEC order barring petitioner from associating with a broker-dealer, the petition is denied where: 1) Rule 250 of the...

US Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. Dizona

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action by the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation claiming that defendant-trader attempted to manipulate the market price of natural gas in...

Arete Ptnrs. LP v. Gunnerman

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action for breach of contract and fraud in connection with a settlement agreement entered by the parties, judgment for plaintiff is reversed...

Siegel v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a petition for review of the SEC's affirmance of the National Association of Securities Dealers' award of restitution against petitioner-securities...

Lone Star Fund V (US) v. Barclays Bank PLC

Contracts, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendant-bank engaged in a fraud relating to mortgage-backed securities that defendant sold to plaintiff, the dismissal of...

Marion v. TDI, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by a receiver for a corporation through which a Ponzi scheme was run against various third-parties, denial of defendants'...