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In re: Teleglobe Communications Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, M&A
In bankruptcy proceedings involving suits brought by a bankrupt company's subsidiaries against Canada's largest telecommunications company, which had...

Beck v. PACE Int'l Union

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
Merger is not a permissible method of terminating a single-employer defined-benefit pension plan under ERISA.

Gilliam v. Nevada Power Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Public Utilities, Tax Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of plaintiff's retirement benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Gatz v. Ponsoldt

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an action brought by minority public stockholders setting forth claims arising out of several corporate transactions that occurred between 1992 and...

Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. v. IVAX Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a suit brought by a collection of partnerships and a unit trust for breach of contract over defendant's refusal to pay plaintiffs a "make-whole"...

Kalda v. Sioux Valley Physician Partners, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an ERISA action alleging that defendants breached several fiduciary duties and violated the terms of two ERISA plans, summary judgment and...

Koehler v. Brody

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, M&A
In a suit brought by class action plaintiff suing his former representative after a settlement had been approved by a district court, dismissal of...

In re: Insilco Techs., Inc. v. Shandler

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of the claim allowance process in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation, an order dismissing a liquidating trustee's objections...

APA Excelsior III L.P. v. Premiere Techs., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In case involving stock-for-stock merger and acquisition, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as the Section 11 presumption of reliance under...

First Union Nat'l Bank v. Pictet Overseas Trust Corp., Ltd.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant-counterclaimant in a dispute arising from a merger is reversed where the district court erred upon remand in finding...