• December 21, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Finding Claims Derivative, Del. Supreme Court Reverses $171M Ruling in 'El Paso' Case

    The Delaware Supreme Court has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit that left the energy company Kinder Morgan liable for the bulk of a $171 million damages award related to its acquisition of El Paso

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  • Wang v. Nibbelink

    Publication Date: 2016-10-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2016-10-13
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lamb and Frischer Law Firm, Bryan Lamb and Richard Frischer; and Paul D. Fogel, Reed Smith for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, Jeremy B. Rosen and Julie L. Woods; Knudtson & Nutter, Gigi M. Knudtson and Brian D. McFarlin for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C073871

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10901 YAN WANG et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GREGORY NIBBELI

  • In Re: Lyondell Chemical Co., et al., Debtors, 16cv518

    Publication Date: 2016-10-13
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Trustee: Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross, May Orenstein, Marek P. Krzyzowski, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY. Steven D. Pohl, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, MA.
    for defendant: For Shareholders: Philip D. Anker, Ross E. Firsenbaum, Hanna Baek, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY. Ari J. Savitzky, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 16cv518

    Cite as: In Re: Lyondell Chemical Co al., Debtors, 16cv518, NYLJ 1202769723155, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 5, 2016) CASENAME In Re: Lyondell Chemical Co

  • Kirschner v. CIHLP LLC, 15-CV-8189

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Ronnie Abrams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-CV-8189

    Cite as: Kirschner v. CIHLP LLC, 15-CV-8189, NYLJ 1202769250058, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 30, 2016) CASENAME Mark S. Kirschner, as trustee of the Refco L

  • In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., et al,1 Debtor, 16-11090

    Publication Date: 2016-10-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Simon Robert Fuller: Timothy W. Walsh, Esq., Darren Azman, Esq., of Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession: Matthew A. Feldman, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Matthew Freimuth, Esq., Andrew S. Mordkoff, Esq., of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders: Lee R. Bogdanoff, Esq., David A. Fidler, Esq., Whitman L. Holt, Esq., of Counsel, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, California. Counsel for Crestview Media Investors, L.P.: Eric D. Winston, Esq., of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California, Scott C. Shelley, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY. Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Craig A. Wolfe, Esq., Jason R. Alderson, Esq., of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-11090

    Cite as: In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., 16-11090, NYLJ 1202769152392, at *1 (Bankruptcy, SDNY, Decided September 16, 2016) 16-11090 Bankruptcy Ju

  • Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System v. Wynn

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-07-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Speirs (argued) and Christopher Lometti, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, New York; Daniel S. Sommers, and Elizabeth A. Aniskevich, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant Excavators Union Local 731 Welfare Fund.
    for defendant: Todd L. Bice (argued), James J. Pisanelli, and Debra L. Spinelli, Pisanelli Bice PLLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Paul K. Rowe, Bradley R. Wilson, and Grant R. Mainland, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York; Robert L. Shapiro, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees Linda Chen, Russell Goldsmith, Ray R. Irani, John A. Moran, Robert J. Miller, Marc D. Schorr, Alvin V. Shoemaker, D. Boone Wayson, and Allan Zeman.

    Case Number: No. 14-15695

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 7666 LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM; BOILERMAKERS LODGE NO. 154 RETIREMENT FUND; MARYANNE SOLAK; EXCA

  • July 5, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Chancery Court Boots Plaintiff, Counsel Over Fee Motion

    Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III, in a strongly worded ruling, has booted the representative plaintiff and Pomerantz counsel from an unresolved derivative suit, saying their bid to collect $5

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  • NAF Holdings, LLC v. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd., 10 Civ. 5762

    Publication Date: 2016-06-08
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul Engelmayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10 Civ. 5762

    Cite as: NAF Holdings, LLC v. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd., 10 Civ. 5762, NYLJ 1202759441779, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 1, 2016) CASENAME

  • Kinda v. Carpenter

    Publication Date: 2016-06-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Evidence
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-06-06
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Margaret L. Kinda, Aaron Kinda, Artisan Fine Oriental Rug Care, Inc., John Alan Schlaff, The Law Offices of John A. Schlaff
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent, Scott Carpenter., Edmund Gerard Farrell, Murchison and Cumming, LLP

    Case Number: No. H040316

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 5862 MARGARET L. KINDA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SCOTT C

  • May 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Holding Activists and Proxy Advisory Firms Accountable?

    The nation's capital is center stage for the latest round of debates as to the impact of shareholder activism on American business. With the introduction of the Brokaw Act by four Democr

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