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14 Mar 2016, 2:56 am by Kevin LaCroix
  In 2015, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division – First Department, was faced with two matters, both of which addressed whether bonds issued to entities formed for the purposes of investing and trading in securities, covered losses the entities sustained by investing in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.[7]  In 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum allowed. [read post]
1 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
For example, in my last Verdict column I discussed an important doctrine of federalism announced in New York v. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 3:44 pm by admin
– Great Lakes Law, March 22, 2010 Last year, the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center sent several letters (May 14, 2009 and May 29, 2009) and eventually filed a complaint in state court over concerns about increased air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the city of Ann Arbor’s massive new parking structure. [read post]
24 Feb 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
McReynolds and Willis Van Devanter aligned closely with the new chief’s social and political views. [read post]
1 May 2012, 8:46 pm by Edward A. Fallone
Knight & Co., the Court struck down a federal law forbidding any merger of manufacturing companies that resulted in a monopoly, on the grounds that corporate consolidations were not commerce because they were not activities that directly involved the shipment of goods. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 12:00 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The US experience, as shown by securities class actions such as Owens Corning v National Union Fire Insurance Co [6], indicates that the construction of exclusions is not a simple issue. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 4:07 am
In response to certified questions, the New York Court of Appeals held that (a) proceeds of a fraud could constitute marital property, and (b) when part or all of the marital estate consisted of the proceeds of fraud, that fact did not, as a matter of law, preclude a determination that a spouse paid fair consideration according to the terms of New York's Debtor and Creditor Law section 272. [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 6:26 am by Dennis Crouch
Johnson Gas Appliance Co., 917 F.2d 1574, 1583 (Fed. [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 12:57 am by Kevin LaCroix
  The Delaware Supreme Court[1] and federal courts in Florida,[2] New York,[3] Illinois[4] and Georgia[5] have made the BJR available to officers. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 6:25 am
Specifically, plaintiff asserted that the Village Zoning law, Chapter IX, Section E was void for vagueness and that the Village Defendants violated his substantive due process rights by denying him a CO. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 9:46 am by Jane Chong
Below is a consolidation of the five-part series in full. [read post]
Some have argued that, because the Nation’s approach to climate change is politically contested,[1] and since these matters affect major policy questions over which Congress has not granted the SEC new, explicit powers, the Commission lacks authority to require disclosure in this area.[2] For the reasons given below, the Commission should disregard these claims, focusing instead on the challenging policy choices that any finalization of the proposal would require. [read post]