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MBKS Co. Ltd. v. Reddy

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In an action challenging whether certain actions by defendant constituted a cancellation of shares, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where:...

Northeast Communications of Wisconsin, Inc. v. CenturyTel, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a suit involving a partnership agreement between five Wisconsin cellular communications companies, the unambiguous language of the agreement did...

E I Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. Sawyer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of a dispute between DuPont and former DuPont employees who allege that DuPont fraudulently induced them to terminate their...

Grosset v. Wenaas

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
California law, like Delaware law, generally requires a plaintiff in a shareholder's derivative suit to maintain continuous stock ownership throughout...

Innophos, Inc. v. Rhodia, S.A.

Contracts, M&A
In breach of contract action arising from plaintiffs' acquisition of defendant, a company producing and selling phosphate products in Mexico, partial...

Alliant Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Gaddy

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, M&A
In case involving insurance brokerage business's purchase of a competing brokerage, preliminary injunction entered against former majority shareholder...

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, M&A
In an antitrust case, petition for review of an FTC order to divest assets acquired from a Pennsylvania corporation used in the business of designing,...

Amtower v. Photon Dynamics, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, M&A, Securities Law
In action arising out of merger of two companies, judgment for defendants is affirmed over primary claims that: 1) trial court's use of an in limine...

Caddo Valley R.R. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law, Transportation
In a case involving a rail carrier that acquired a railroad line through a forced sale pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 10907, petition for review of a...

Granite Mgmt. Corp. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, M&A
In a Winstar related government-contract case, a decision following remand finding that plaintiff failed to prove a particular theory of damages is...