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SDV/ACCI, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.

Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against AT&T and one of its employees alleging that the employee defamed plaintiffs in the course of her employment, summary...

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...

Tualatin Valley Builders Supply, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Tax Law
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acted within its statutory authority when it promulgated Revenue Procedure 2002-40, which outlined procedures for...

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...

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: Seven Seas Petroleum Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a case involving a secured creditor of a bankrupt corporation that was sued by an unsecured creditor of the same corporation in state court and...

Spirtas Co. v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In a case where an insurer of directors and officers liability (D&O) policies refused to defend and indemnify the insured in a third-party...

Lozman v. Putnam

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for usurpation of corporate opportunities, order and judgment for defendants are upheld where the action was barred by: 1) the doctrine...

Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Sufficient evidence supports a jury's finding of fraudulent misrepresentation in favor of an electronic rodent-killing device patent holder where the...