Plaintiffs were investors in the Steel Partners 2 family of funds, which included both domestic and off-shore entities, operating as part of a master feeder investment fund structure. The economic disruption of 2008 resulted in an unprecedented n...
Hearing on motion to dismiss in complex shareholder derivative litigation.Information on related federal cases:http://securities.stanford.edu/1032/MMC04_01/ View Proceeding
Landry's owns restaurant chains, including Rain Forest Cafe and Chart House, as well as the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Landry's CEO Tilman Fertitta proposed to take the company private and offered $21 per share (a significant premium) to buy... View Proceeding
This shareholder class action challenges the validity of Atmel's board of directors' extension of a poison pill that allegedly made the poison pill's triggers vague and unascertainable.In October, 2008, ON Semiconductor Corp. (ONNN) and Microchip ...
Five day bench trial.From CVN's coverage of prior hearings in this litigation...August 31 hearing on defendant's motion to enforce discovery orders. CVN covered prior hearings in this litigation. The household appliance company Applica put itself... View Proceeding
Hearing on AT&T's motion to dismiss under the Federal Arbitration ActThe hearing considered (1) whether a contractual arbitration right was waived when the defendants moved to stay the action when filed, rather than objecting to jurisdiction, ... View Proceeding
The Amylin case is a 2-day trial to determine the validity of a "poison put" takeover defense that would protect Amylin's board of directors from being replaced. Carl Icahn, who owns 9.4% of Amylin, and the hedge fund Eastbourne Capital, which ow... View Proceeding
Hearing on motion for partial judgment on pleadings in suit over a Lockup Agreement related to the establishment of a margin account and transfer of pledges shares of GreenHunter Energy, Inc.
CVN covered a previous hearing concerning a motion by 3rd party defendants Gen Re Corporation seeking dismissal of underlying litigation. In this suit, stockholder plaintiffs seek to recover funds to make American International Group, Inc. (AIG) w... View Proceeding