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Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Super. Ct. (City and County of San Francisco)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law
In case involving a number of coordinated antitrust actions alleging numerous energy-related defendants engaged in a conspiracy from 1999-2002 to...

Sparkman v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Tax Law
A decision upholding a notice of deficiency with respect to certain tax years is affirmed over taxpayer's claims that the tax court erred in: 1)...

Coen v. Coen

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action brought against defendants who reside in England and France, claiming the defendants defrauded her father in connection with certain...

Via Christi Reg'l Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Denial of successor-in-interest hospital operator's request for reimbursement for Medicare depreciation expenses, made after the consolidation of two...

Hossain v. Hossain

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In dispute over termination of a partnership for operation of a hotel, trial court order denying relief sought under Code of Civil Procedure section...

PCTV Gold, Inc. v. SpeedNet, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Remedies
An order preliminarily enjoining appellant from entering into a merger or executing a joint venture with Clearwire, plaintiff's competitor, pending...

Alcoa, Inc. v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Tax Law
Taxpayer-Alcoa's expenses for environmental clean-up of its industrial sites, mandated by changes in environmental law, do not qualify for the...

Miller v. Thane Int'l, Inc.

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In a class action brought against defendants under sections 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 alleging control person liability against...

J&J Celcom v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by former owners of minority interests in nine general partnerships involving cellular telephone businesses, alleging that...

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
On remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in an action brought by DuPont under CERCLA to recover from the U.S. a portion of certain...