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Loginovskaya v. Batratchenko, et al.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
Judgment dismissing, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), plaintiff's claims under the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) and declining to exercise...

Aleynikov v. Goldman Sachs

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In this indemnification and advancement suit in which a portion of appellant-employer's By-Laws provide for indemnification and advancement to...

Cal. High-Speed Rail Authority v. Superior Court (Tos)

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
A peremptory writ of mandate is issued directing the trial court to enter judgment validating the authorization of the bond issuance for purposes of...

Parker Shattuck Neighbors v. Berkeley

Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to challenge a proposed mixed-use commercial and residential project...

Citizens Business Bank v. Gevorgian

Banking Law, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving competing claims of lien priority between the defendant-seller of real property, which took back a security interest on...

Louisiana Stadium & Exposition v. Financial Guaranty Insurance

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In appeal of district court's grant of defendant's 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint to rescind an agreement to purchase bond...

Taxpayers for Improving Pub. Safety v. Schwarzenegger

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer lawsuit involving the California Legislature's issuance of bonds for the construction and renovation of prisons, defendant's demurrer to...

Blickman Turkus, LP v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale, LLC.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case primarily addressing whether a realtor who represented the lessee in a complex commercial lease transaction had a duty to inform the lessor,...

Hillman v. Hillman

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A motion by limited partners and the new general partner of a limited partnership to dismiss a complaint filed by a former general partner who sought...

Berckeley Inv. Group, Ltd. v. Colkitt

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In a dispute over an "Offshore Convertible Securities Purchase Agreement" between an individual looking for financing for a business venture and a...