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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)...

Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract issue in which corporate plaintiff alleged that defendants wrongfully induced counterparty, with whom plaintiffs contracted, to breach...

Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a negligence suit by surviving family members against a decedent's employer, dismissal for lack of complete diversity between the parties is...

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...

Maxwell v. Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a qui tam action against defendant-oil and gas producer for defrauding the federal government by underpaying royalties for federal offshore oil...

In re: M & S Grading, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of the bankruptcy of an excavation company that participated in employee-benefit plans wherein the plans and their trustees...

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...

Platypus Wear, Inc. v. Goldberg

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit by a corporation against its officers and attorneys, order granting defendant's application to file a special motion to strike the...