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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Delaware Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Action Against Power Plant Executives

by Michael S. Gordon, Dean Razavi | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/8/2013

The US District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed a class action for securities fraud against former officers and directors of a geothermal energy company, in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had...more

Fourth Circuit Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Oil Spill Case

by Dean Razavi, Bruce Sabados | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/20/2013

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has refused to enforce a judgment against an entity with ties to the judgment debtor, finding that the judgment creditor had not adequately pled an alter ego claim....more

District Court Rejects SEC Argument that General Partnership Interests in Joint Ventures Are Securities

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/19/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought an enforcement action against defendant Geodymanics, Inc. and others alleging fraud in connection with four oil and gas exploration and drilling ventures, each of which was...more

Challenge to Changes in the Feed-in Tariff Program Dismissed by Divisional Court

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 9/12/2012

Introduction - In its recent decision in SkyPower CL I LP et al v Minister of Energy issued on September 10, 2012, the Divisional Court dismissed the Applicants’ assertions that the Minister of Energy and the Ontario Power...more

Corporate E-Review: July 2012 -- A Battle of Mining Giants Regarding Rights of First Refusal: Ontario Superior Court of Justice...

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 7/6/2012

On June 26, 2012, Justice Wilton-Siegel of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released his decision in Barrick Gold Corporation v. Goldcorp Inc. et al. dismissing Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick)’s claim that Goldcorp...more

The California Supreme Court Takes on the Eternal Question: Paper or Plastic?

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 8/1/2011

The Court answered two questions in its ruling: (1) a corporate entity is not subject to a heightened standard in determining whether it has "standing" to bring a lawsuit under CEQA; and (2) the City of Manhattan Beach was...more

New Patronage Capital Case Hits North Carolina Coop

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 3/9/2011

The number of patronage capital cases continues to rise. From 2009 to 2011, at least 10 cases have been filed against electric cooperatives over patronage capital (or capital credits). In fact—just this past February—another...more