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Swallows Holding, Ltd. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
A tax court decision holding Treas. Reg. 1.882-4(a)(3)(i) to be invalid is reversed where: 1) the Tax Court erred in applying National Muffler Dealers...

Northeast Communications of Wisconsin, Inc. v. CenturyTel, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a suit involving a partnership agreement between five Wisconsin cellular communications companies, the unambiguous language of the agreement did...

E I Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. Sawyer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of a dispute between DuPont and former DuPont employees who allege that DuPont fraudulently induced them to terminate their...

Tzolis v. Wolff

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Members of a limited liability company may bring derivative suits on the LLC's behalf, even though there are no provisions governing such suits in the...

Grosset v. Wenaas

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
California law, like Delaware law, generally requires a plaintiff in a shareholder's derivative suit to maintain continuous stock ownership throughout...

Schoon v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative action instituted by a non-shareholder director alleging breaches of fiduciary duties by his fellow directors, dismissal of complaint...

Imwalle v. Reliance Med. Prods., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming, inter alia, unlawful retaliation when 62-year-old plaintiff was fired three months after he filed a charge with the EEOC that...

Cemco Investors, LLC v. US

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a tax case arising from a lawyer's efforts to set up a tax shelter, a judgment for the IRS disallowing an LLC's claimed $3.6 million loss and...

Adamson v. Multi Cmty. Diversified Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a federal age and sex discrimination action against a non-profit corporate employer brought by plaintiffs-family members after they were...

Allen v. Admin. Review Bd.

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower complaint against petitioners' employer alleging that it retaliated against them for engaging in protected activity,...