Corporate Law

Jan 5, 2024

Corporate Governance: Non-Profit Organization-Election of Directors

Merchant v. Thomas (MLW No. 80961/Case No. WD85650 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Gabbert, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Saline County, Rolf, J. (Jill R. Jackson, Columbia, for appellant) (Alexandra So-Yun, St. Louis, for respondent)

Apr 27, 2020

Corporate Law: Securities-Pleading Standards

Where investors who bought defendant’s stock during a certain period sued the defendant corporation and its executives, claiming that they were misled about problems in the defendant’s Canadian stores, the […]

Nov 12, 2019

Corporate Law: Limited Liability Company-Member Status-Involuntary Withdrawal

Where a plaintiff brought a declaratory judgment action to determine the limited liability company member status of defendant in a dispute arising from the defendant’s alleged misuse of LLC funds, […]

Oct 2, 2019

Corporate Law: Successor Liability-Asset Sale-Inventory Purchases

Where a plaintiff corporation acquired substantially all of the assets of a competitor at a secured creditor’s private foreclosure sale in an agreement that declined to assume the competitor’s liabilities, […]

Jun 24, 2019

Corporate: Antitrust-Acquisition

Where the Federal Trade Commission and the State of North Dakota moved to enjoin a health care system’s acquisition of a clinic, and the companies appealed the district court’s grant […]

Apr 29, 2019

Corporate Law: Breach of Fiduciary Duty-Shareholder Oppression-Equitable Relief

Where plaintiff brought an action for breach of fiduciary duty and for dissolution of the company or other equitable relief after she was removed as president and treasurer and her […]

Apr 22, 2019

Environmental Law: CERCLA-Joint and Several Liability for Response-Punitive Damages

Defendants owned buildings that they were ordered to remediate. Without notifying the EPA, defendants sold the buildings without informing the buyer that the buildings were contaminated and subject to […]

Mar 11, 2019

Corporate: Securities Fraud-Proxy Statement-Materially Misleading

Where a shareholder brought a class action for former shareholders claiming that the proxy statement contained materially misleading statements and omissions, the judgment dismissing the action is reversed and remanded […]

Oct 19, 2018

Arbitration – Motion To Compel – Arbitrator Selection

Where a lender challenged the denial of an application to compel arbitration in a dispute with a borrower over a loan default, the judgment is affirmed because the arbitrator designated […]

May 18, 2018