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Fener v. Belo Corp.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, denial of plaintiff's class certification motion is affirmed where defendant's allegedly fraudulent press release...

Yavuz v. 61 MM, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, International Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, the dismissal of the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds is affirmed where Swiss law applied to the dispute, and...

Lefkoe v. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In an appeal from a Massachusetts district court's order modifying a protective order issued by a Maryland District Court to allow disclosure of a...

In re CP Ships Ltd. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In an objector's appeal from the district court's final approval of the settlement of a securities fraud action, an order approving the settlement is...

Van Asdale v. Int'l. Game Tech.

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action under the whistleblower-protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for wrongful discharge, summary judgment for Defendants is...

Madden v. Cowen & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action for misleading plaintiffs in connection with the sale of a closely held corporation to a publicly traded acquirer, the...

Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. White Pine Futures Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action by the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation (CFTC), summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where neither subsection...

Matrix Capital Mgmt. Fund, LP v. BearingPoint, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where plaintiffs failed to adequately plead scienter under the Private Securities...

Desai v. Deutsche Bank Secs. Ltd.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, denial of plaintiffs' motion for class certification is affirmed where no authority supported plaintiffs' proposed...

Dearlove v. SEC

Administrative Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an SEC order barring petitioner from practicing as an accountant before the SEC, the petition is denied where: 1) the SEC...