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Miga v. Jensen

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Securities Law
In plaintiff's case against defendant arising from breach of an option agreement under which the plaintiff would have been entitled to buy stock in a...

US v. Rigas

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In a case involving the founder of Adelphia and his son, denial of defendants' motion to dismiss conspiracy charges in a Pennsylvania indictment,...

Fannon v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' consolidated securities action against defendants alleging fraud in connection with a merger, the judgment of the district court is...

Indiana State Dist. Council of Laborers & Hod Carriers Pension & Welfare Fund v. Omnicare, Inc.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff-investors' lawsuit against defendant, nation's largest provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, district court's dismissal is...

McAdams v. McCord

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action alleging that defendant executives and auditor defrauded plaintiffs by inducing them to invest in a company through...

Baldwin v. Bader

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff-shareholder's suit against the directors of a company for breach of fiduciary duty, arising from two transactions in which the company...

Proctor v. Vishay Intertechnology Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative action against a corporation's majority shareholder claiming that defendant misappropriated the company's assets and breached its...

US v. Rigas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing
Defendants' securities fraud sentences are affirmed where: 1) the district court was required to resentence defendants de novo following the reversal...

US v. Ruehle

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Securities Law
In an options backdating prosecution of a former Broadcom executive, the district court's order suppressing all evidence reflecting defendant's...

Segal v. Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff-trust accounts beneficiary's class action against bank and its holding company on state-law claims of breach...