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RLJCS Enters. v. Prof'l Benefit Trust Multiple Employer Welfare Benefit Plan and Trust

Contracts, ERISA, Evidence, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit against an employers insurance trust claiming entitlement to distributions of stock attributable to policies covering the plaintiffs...

IRA Res., Inc. v. Griego

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities case in which petitioner filed a special appearance challenging personal jurisdiction, denial of the challenge is reversed where...

Ray v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a suit under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act by investors who suffered stock market losses against an investment advisor...

US v. Davenport

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action in which the government sought to collect an unpaid gift tax from defendant-inter vivos transferee, a judgment holding that defendant was...

Krueger Int'l, Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit over indemnity under an employment practices liability insurance policy, summary judgment for insurer is affirmed where there was neither a...

Ring v. AXA Fin., Inc.

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Securities Law
Denial of motion for remand of class-action complaint, which contains state law claims, and dismissal on ground that complaint was wholly preempted by...

Paolini v. Albertson's Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action brought against former employer-Albertson's and a plan administrator challenging decisions regarding the company's stock-based incentive...

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"...

SEC v. Merchant Capital, LLC

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In enforcement action alleging violations of the registration and antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, holding that interests sold in...

VFB LLC v. Campbell Soup Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by disappointed creditors of bankrupt company, Vlasic, against Campbell Soup company arising from a "spin" transaction alleged to be...