Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (Securities – Federal subject matter jurisdiction over foreign-cubed securities claims)

In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC (Bankruptcy and M&A – Right of secured creditors to credit bid at a bankruptcy sale of their collateral conducted under a plan of reorganization)

San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund v. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Securities and Finance – Application of continuing directors (poison put) provisions in indentures and credit agreements arising out of proxy contest between a company and its dissident stockholders)

Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System/Landry's Restaurants, Inc. (M&A - Fiduciary duty of loyalty and corporate waste in acquisitions by a controlling stockholder)

Gantler v. Stephens (Corporate - Business judgment rule, shareholder ratification doctrine and fiduciary duties of officers)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. v. Wilmington Trust Co. (Securities and Finance – Alleged breach of indenture for failure to timely file SEC reports)

SEC v. Shanahan (Securities - Scope of Sarbanes-Oxley's Section 304)

S. Blake Murchison and Willis Shaw/Harrah's Entertainment, Inc./Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. et al. (Securities and Finance - Alleged breach of bond indentures, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of the Trust Indenture Act, liability of the board of directors and equitable recission for exclusion of certain bondholders from exchange offers)

Selectica, Inc./Versata Enterprises, Inc. and Trilogy, Inc. (M&A - Using low threshold poison pills to protect tax benefits for past net operating losses)

Ryan v. Lyondell Chemical Company (M&A - Fiduciary duties of care and loyalty in company sale transactions)

Genesco, Inc./The Finish Line, Inc. (M&A and Finance – Refusal to close under material adverse effect clause, availability of specific performance remedy, and buyer’s obligation to finance the merger)

Solutia Inc./Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Finance - Enforceability and interpretation of a market MAC provision in a bank loan commitment letter)

The Bank of New York Mellon & High River Limited Partnership/Realogy Corporation (Securities and Finance - Viability of exchange of discounted unsecured notes for senior secured bank loans)

InVision Securities Litigation (Securities - Application of anti-fraud provisions and Sarbanes-Oxley relating to disclosure of acquisition information in Exchange Act reports)

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc./Huntsman Corporation (M&A - Merger agreement termination under material adverse effect clauses and liability for intentional breach)

CSX Corporation, Inc./The Children's Investment Fund Management LLP and 3G Capital Partners, Ltd. (Securities - Triggering of reporting requirements by "beneficial owners" and "groups" under Section 13(d))

Alliance Data Systems Corporation/The Blackstone Group, L.P. (M&A – Interpretation of reasonable best efforts and prohibited actions covenants, and corporate power and authority representation related to potential merger agreement breach)

Clear Channel Communications, Inc./Bain Capital Partners, LLC & Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (Finance - Anticipatory repudiation, specific performance and forum selection in a merger financing)

United Rentals, Inc./Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (M&A – Availability of specific performance and the forthright negotiator principle)