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Kerasotes v. Kerasotes

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a dispute over the sale of shares in a closely held corporation back to the corporation, summary judgment for defendant-corporation is affirmed...

Bolt v. Merrimack Pharm., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a suit by a shareholder to redeem his stock, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) defendant had an obligation to redeem plaintiff's...

New York Mercantile Exch., Inc. v. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Securities Law
In a suit to determine whether plaintiff-exchange can enforce a copyright in the settlement prices it produces to value customers' open positions on...

In re Merrill Lynch Trust Co. FSB

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action brought against Merrill Lynch and others alleging breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and other claims related to financial services...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Phan

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an SEC action alleging defendant used stock registered only for employee compensation purposes to raise capital from the public for the...

In re: Exxon Mobil Corp. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action raising securities claims brought by former shareholders of Mobil arising from an alleged misrepresentation by Exxon made in the course...

People v. Edward D. Jones & Co.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In suit against brokerage firm for failing to adequately disclose to investors and potential investors certain "shelf-space" agreements under which...

In re H&R Block Fin. Advisors, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by two investors against their investment advisor and his firm after losing a substantial investment in the Enron debacle,...

Cent. Laborers' Pension Fund v. Integrated Elec. Servs. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action brought against defendant and several of its executive officers, dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs' complaint is...

Pisnoy v. Ahmed

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duties by officers and directors of a technology company related to mistakes in the...