all - Opinion Summaries

Consol. Mgmt. Group, LLC v. Dep't of Corp.

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case wherein the trial court denied a petition for writ of administrative mandamus which sought to overturn a California Department of...

Kirschbaum vs. Reliant Energy, Inc.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Certification of a class and grant of corporate defendants' motion for summary judgment on all claims related to plaintiff-employee's ERISA class...

In the Matter of Steel Los III/Goya Foods, Inc. v. Bd. of Assessors of County of Nassau

Administrative Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law, Tax Law
Nassau County Administrative Code (NCAC) section 6-26.0(b)(3)(c) applies to "payments-in-lieu-of-taxes" (PILOT payments), thus making deficits...

US v. Rittweger

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Conviction of multiple defendants for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and commercial bribery, using facilities of interstate...

Berman v. Blount Parrish & Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
The amended limitations period of Sarbanes-Oxley does not revive securities claims on which the previous statute of limitations had run.

Mississippi Public Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Boston Scientific Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Securities Law
In a securities class action wherein plaintiff alleged that a company's executives withheld material information about problems concerning a recalled...

Roth v. Perseus, LLC

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case addressing whether the SEC Rule 16b-3(d) protective shield extends to "directors by deputization", the circuit court: 1) defers to the SEC's...

Roth v. Perseus, LLC

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case addressing whether the SEC Rule 16b-3(d) protective shield extends to "directors by deputization", the circuit court: 1) defers to the SEC's...

Carlisle v. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action arising from plaintiffs' liabilities to the IRS for their participation in investments later found to be an abusive tax shelter, denial...

Anderson v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a class action brought by shareholders of a now-defunct New Mexico corporation against Merrill Lynch, grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to...