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Belizan v. Hershon

Class Actions, Securities Law
In suit brought by uncertified class of plaintiffs under sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and under section 10(b) of the...

Higginbotham v. Baxter Int'l Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a series of investor lawsuits after restatement of a public company's financial results following discovery of fraud by several of the company's...

Dep't of Corps. v. Superior Ct. (Adams)

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Petition for writ of mandate challenging order overruling a demurrer is granted where petitioner department does not have a mandatory duty under...

In re: WorldCom Sec. Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' securities actions as time-barred is vacated where plaintiffs, who were members of a class designated in a class action...

Petrone v. Malone

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased publicly traded securities of VERITAS Software Corp., an order of the district...

PAZ Sec., Inc.v. SEC

Sanctions, Securities Law
Petition for review challenging order sustaining decision of NASD to expel petitioner from membership and to bar its president from ever associating...

In re: Merck & Co., Inc. Sec., Derivative & ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Securities Law
In a shareholder suit which is part of the VIOXX-related litigation, dismissal of the suit on the grounds that plaintiffs failed to make pre-suit...

Merlo v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action brought to determine petitioner's federal income tax liability involving circumstances in which petitioner exercised an incentive stock...

Dudley v. Putnam Inv. Funds

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a prolonged suit over mutual fund market-timing, appeals from denials of removal are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where a district judge's...

US Mortgage, Inc. v. Saxton

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging, inter alia, violations of Arizona law by incorporation of false financial information into defendant's regulatory filings on...