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Vacold LLC, Immunotherapy, Inc. v. Cerami

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a lawsuit by former shareholder against other shareholder for securities fraud, grant of partial summary judgment in favor of defendants is...

Levy v. Sterling Holding. Co., LLC

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative action seeking disgorgement by defendant companies of short-swing profits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

In re Heritage Bond Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a challenge to the scope of bar orders issued in securities class action settlements, bar orders forbidding all suits by non-settling defendant...

Nelson v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. of Williston

Banking Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by beneficiaries of a trust and its current trustee raising a breach of fiduciary duty claim against the trust's former trustee,...

In Re: Salomon Analyst Metromedia Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a claim by plaintiffs alleging securities fraud against research analysts, grant of class certification is vacated and remanded where the district...

Acar v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue Serv.

Administrative Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a challenge to denial of a retroactive tax refund, summary judgment for the IRS is affirmed where: 1) to elect mark to market accounting treatment...

Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action alleging breach of duty to pay dividends, summary judgment for defendant based on the business judgment rule is affirmed where: 1)...

Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action alleging breach of duty to pay dividends, summary judgment for defendant based on the business judgment rule is affirmed where: 1)...

Newby v. Enron Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In securities-fraud litigation surrounding the collapse of Enron Corp., denials of motions for leave to file suits in state court are affirmed in part...

In re: Ceridian Corp. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a class action against a company and three former corporate officers accusing defendants of securities fraud that injured investors by artificially...