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Disgorgement Unjust Enrichment Breach of Duty

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When trustee’s unauthorized self-dealing causes no direct harm to trust corpus can trustee still be surcharged?

Profit narrowly defined is total revenue minus total expenses, i.e., net gain. Profit broadly defined is merely a synonym for benefit. When a trustee’s unauthorized self-dealing directly harms the trust estate, the trustee is...more

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SEC’s Disgorgement Authority Expanded Under National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

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SEC’s Disgorgement Authority Expanded Under National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Derivative Claim Based On Deficient Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Efforts: “Bad...more

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Court Holds That A Plaintiff Can Raise A Conspiracy To Breach Fiduciary Duty Claim Even Where The Party Who Owed Fiduciary Duties...

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In Klinek v. Luxeyard, Inc., a company sued its majority shareholder in a suit for breach of fiduciary duty arising from a pump-and-dump scheme and later settled that claim. No. 14-17-00899-C, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 9421 (Tex....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Sues Investment Adviser for Nondisclosure of Revenue Sharing Agreement Details

On Aug. 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) charged Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, dba Commonwealth Financial Network (Commonwealth), a registered independent investment adviser to private clients (but not...more

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“Head Start” Damages Affirmed Against Employee Who Started Competitor in China

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An often sought remedy in trade secret cases is unjust enrichment, which DTSA and several uniform state trade secret acts permit plaintiffs to seek for the unlawful benefit received by defendants "that is not addressed in...more

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After Favorable LIBOR Ruling from the Second Circuit, Investors Now Allege Anticompetitive SIBOR Manipulation

On July 5, 2016, investors filed a federal class action in the Southern District of New York alleging defendant banks had manipulated the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) “and/or” Singapore Swap Offer Rate (SOR)...more

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