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US v. Stringer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Securities Law
Dismissal of criminal indictments against three individual defendants charging counts of criminal securities violations, based on the government's...

Rogers v. Baxter Int'l Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging that ERISA fiduciaries violated their duties by allowing participants to invest in an employer's stock, despite knowing that it was...

Boylan v. Tribune Co.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Securities Law
In consolidated securities and ERISA class actions arising out of fraud at two of defendant's subsidiary publications, dismissal of both suits is...

In the Matter of the Philadelphia Stock Exch., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action challenging the lower court's approval of a settlement to a shareholder class action, the Court of Chancery's judgment is affirmed where...

Mariasch v. Gillette Co.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a diversity action against a former employer which rejected an attempt to exercise company stock options 7 days after the three-year exercisable...

Livingston v. Wyeth, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging wrongful discharge in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, summary judgment for...

Miller v. Thane Int'l, Inc.

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a class action brought against defendants under sections 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 alleging control person liability against...

US v. Yeager

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution arising from the collapse of Enron and its subsidiaries, denial of defendants-senior executives' motion to dismiss the government...

Vigilant Ins. Co. v. Bear Sterns Cos., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In an insurance dispute, denial of summary judgment for insurers is reversed where the insured-financial services firm breached a policy provision...

LaSala v. Bordier et Cie

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) is no impediment to federal adjudication of either: 1) state law...