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US ex rel. Oberg v. Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a False Claims Act (FCA) case brought as a qui tam action, alleging defendant corporations organized by four states defrauded the US Department of...

Sandler v. Sanchez

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the designated officer of a real estate brokerage corporation, alleging direct and vicarious personal liability to third parties...

Sourcecorp, Inc. v. Shill

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, White Collar Crime, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure
In an action to register an Arizona fraud judgment in California, arising out of defendant's actions that caused his former company's earnings to be...

Analytical Surveys, Inc. v. Tonga Partners, L.P.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an appeal of a judgment of liability for profits earned in short-swing insider trading prohibited by section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act,...

Panther Partners Inc. v. Ikanos Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case alleging violations of sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, an order denying leave to amend the complaint is...

American Property Management Corp. v. Superior Court (U.S. Grant Hotel Ventures, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a limited liability company (LLC) formed for the purpose of buying a hotel and the hotel property manager, a writ of mandate is...

Lidow v. Superior Court (International Rectifier Corp.)

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action against a Delaware corporation brought by its former CEO, it is held that the "internal affairs doctrine"--which...

SEC v. Jasper

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Remedies, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an SEC civil enforcement action against the CFO of a publicly traded company who had illegally backdated employee stock options, the district...

Robertson v. Sea Pines Real Estates Cos., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In two consolidated putative class actions brought by purchasers of real estate brokerage services in South Carolina, alleging that the real estate...

Donovan v. Dan Murphy Foundation

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance
In a suit for declaratory relief and wrongful removal against a foundation and its directors arising out of a series of disagreements and disputes...