General Elect. Capital v. Lease Resolution
128 F.3d 1074 (7th Cir. 1997) Cited 1,564 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that constructive fraudulent transfer pleadings complied with Rule 9(b) where the complaint alleged that the transferor did not receive reasonably equivalent value and that the transfers "rendered [the transferor] insolvent and effectively precluded" it from paying its debts
Maley v. Del Global Technologies Corp.
186 F. Supp. 2d 358 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) Cited 143 timesFinding that the negotiations leading to a class action settlement had been at arm's length in part because they had occurred over several months and had involved several in-person meetings
Great Neck Cap. App. Inv. Ptp. v. Pricewaterhousecoopers
212 F.R.D. 400 (E.D. Wis. 2002) Cited 34 timesConcluding “that the objector contributed materially ... by assisting the court and enhancing the adversarial process”
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 36,687 times 1269 Legal AnalysesHolding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 24,017 times 18 Legal AnalysesCreating a general rule that " person represented by an attorney must file electronically"
Section 78u-4 - Private securities litigation
15 U.S.C. § 78u-4 Cited 7,835 times 55 Legal AnalysesGranting courts authority to permit discovery if necessary "to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice to" a party