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Palahnuk v. US

Banking Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for the government in a tax dispute is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that plaintiffs-taxpayers' income...

Swartz v. KPMG LLP

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a suit arising out of a failed tax shelter, which defendants allegedly sold to plaintiff, dismissal of claims against defendants is reversed in...

AT&T Corp. v. Faraday Capital Ltd.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by an insured, AT&T, seeking coverage under multiple D&O primary and excess policies for defense costs and other expenses...

SEC vs. Washington Inv. Network

Securities Law
Finding that one appellant violated sections 203(f), 206(1), and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and that other appellant aided and...

Dunmire v. Morgan Stanley DW, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Summary judgment for Morgan Stanley on state law claims based on its alleged violation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) is affirmed where such...

APA Excelsior III L.P. v. Premiere Techs., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In case involving stock-for-stock merger and acquisition, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as the Section 11 presumption of reliance under...

In Re: The Warnaco Group

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of putative class action, which alleged that accountants to the issuer violated section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and...

Travelbiz Solutions, Inc. v. Click Interconnect, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Securities Law
In a dispute involving a transaction between a shareholder and the company whose shares he held, the court finds that substantial competent evidence...

Peninsula Asset Mgmt. Ltd. v. Fin. Supervisory Serv. of the Republic of Korea

Civil Procedure, International Law, Securities Law
Orders denying contempt motion, and motion to quash a subpoena on grounds of foreign sovereign immunity, are affirmed as non party appellee is an...

Captial Research & Mgmt. Co. v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Securities Law
Sustaining of demurrer to enforcement action brought by defendant based on implied preemption under the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of...