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Chocolate Trust's Limits Argued at High Court
The Milton Hershey School Alumni Association would wither and die with the last of its members if the trust established with the Hershey's chocolate fortune were directed away from educating poor and orphaned children, an attorney for the group told the state's Supreme Court yesterday.In re Suprema Specialties, Inc.
Because the claims under �� 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 were expressly negligence-based and were pleaded distinctly from the fraud-based claims, it was error for the District Court to hold that they "sound in fraud," and the dismissal of these claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) is vacated.Diamonds May Be a Law Firm's Best Friend in Economic Downturn
The current market seems to have thrown law firms' highly leveraged model out the door for the foreseeable future -- and maybe even permanently. In response to the economy and the shift to a buyer's market, firms are moving from the pyramid model of a few partners at the top and hordes of associates at the bottom to a diamond shape, in which several senior associates and junior partners make up the bulk in the middle, in an effort to maximize value for the client.Key Dodd-Frank Provision Unconstitutional?
Arguing that due process rights "are vaporized" under the Dodd-Frank Act, witnesses told a House subcommittee that aspects of the massive 2010 law overhauling the financial services industry might be unconstitutional.Judge OKs Antitrust Action Against Huggies Manufacturer
Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark must answer claims that it attempted to monopolize the markets for disposable baby diapers and training pants now that a federal judge has refused to dismiss allegations that it maintained a dominant market share by fraudulently procuring patents and waging "sham" patent lawsuits.Lower Courts Follow Matrixx's Guidance on Motions to Dismiss
Last March, in the securities class action Matrixx Initiatives v. Siracusano, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected the defendants' proposed bright-line "statistically significant" rule for determining whether adverse event reports withheld from a pharmaceutical company's public filings are material as a matter of law.Trending Stories
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