SEC v. Scoville United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit January 24, 2019, Filed No. 17-4059 Opinion  [*1209]  EBEL , Circuit Judge. This case involves an alleged worldwide Ponzi scheme and the antifraud provisions of the federal Securities...

Lawrence v. Colorado United States District Court for the District of Colorado April 19, 2020, Decided; April 19, 2020, Filed Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-00862-DDD-SKC Opinion ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Before the Court...

Stanislaus Food Prods. Co. v. USS-POSCO Indus. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California February 24, 2011, Decided; February 24, 2011, Filed CASE NO. CV F 09-0560 LJO SMS Opinion  [*1062]  ORDER ON JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS (Doc...

After a grand jury had indicted an accused for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, two police officers went to the home of defendant John J. Fetters to arrest him. The officers, upon arriving at the home, informed defendant that their purpose in...

After Paramount Communications Inc. (Paramount) and Viacom Inc. (Viacom) entered into a merger and stock option agreement, QVC Network Inc. (QVC) made a tender offer for Paramount, which it increased after the second corporation made a rival tender offer...

In Dec. 1904, a convicted murder who was sentenced to death escaped from the custody of defendant A.L. Ledbetter, a local sheriff. Ledbetter later offered a reward of $500 to anyone who captured the fugitive and returned him to the authorities. In Jan...

By: David L. Kornblau and Gerald W. Hodgkins Overview The enforcement and regulatory priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have begun to come into focus now that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been in office for nearly a year and...

Defendants were majority shareholders of the corporation, in which plaintiff was a minority shareholder. Defendants created a second corporation and offered certain defendants an exchange of corporate stock. After the exchanges, the second corporation...

By: Hannah DeLuca , W. Andrew Douglass , and Elizabeth Bray , Polsinelli P.C. This article addresses the steps that plan sponsors and fiduciaries must take to locate and notify missing participants in qualified defined contribution and qualified defined...

Both appellants, Casey's General Stores, Inc., and Hy-Vee, Inc., operated their stores in Oskaloosa, Iowa. In October 1996, cashiers in both stores sold alcoholic beverages to underage customers, during a sting operation by the local police , without...