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Document 196: Michael Lavigne v. Herbalife, LTD
October 22, 2019 (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER RE DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS (DKT. 142) by Judge John A. Kronstadt: The Motion [142] is GRANTED, without prejudice. Leave to amend is warranted, given that…
California Central District Court · Case No. 2:18-cv-07480-JAK-MRW
District Judge John A Kronstadt
This is a 15-page order by Judge John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, entered October 22, 2019 (ECF 196). It decides a motion to dismiss (Dkt. 142) filed by three related companies: Herbalife Ltd., Herbalife International, Inc. and Herbalife International of America, Inc. Together they are Herbalife, the Los Angeles-based multi-level marketing company that sells nutrition and weight-management products through a network of independent distributors.
Flawed Reasoning5 moderate2 minor13 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM EDT
89Good
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Document 467: United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ahmed et al
February 27, 2017 ORDER: For the reasons stated in the attached Order, Defendant's Motion [394] to Implead Oak Management Corporation is DENIED. Signed by Judge Janet Bond Arterton on 2/27/17.…
Connecticut District Court · Case No. 3:15-cv-00675-JBA
District Judge Janet Bond Arterton
This is a three-page order by Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, entered February 27, 2017 as ECF 467 in SEC v. Ahmed, No. 3:15-cv-675. The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency that enforces the securities laws, sued Iftikar Ahmed in May 2015. Ahmed had worked since 2004 at Oak Management Corporation, a venture capital firm that manages the Oak Investment Partners funds. The SEC alleged that he took tens of millions of dollars from those funds and...
Sound4 minor12 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM EDT
39Failing
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Document 105: USA v. TRUMP
October 17, 2023 OPINION and ORDER as to DONALD J. TRUMP: Granting in part and denying in part the government's [57] Motion to Ensure that Extrajudicial Statements Do Not Prejudice These…
District Of Columbia District Court · Case No. 1:23-cr-00257-TSC · 2023 WL 6818589
District Judge Tanya S. ChutkanDistrict Judge Tanya S. Chutkan
This is the three-page Opinion and Order that Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered on October 17, 2023, in United States v. Trump, No. 1:23-cr-00257, the federal prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump on four counts arising from the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The case was brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, a Justice Department prosecutor appointed in November 2022 to run the investigation. Press coverage called this ruling the "g...
Wrong Outcome1 fatal1 serious1 moderate2 minor15 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM EDT
54Failing
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Document 1371: Harden Manufacturing Corporation v. Pfizer, Inc. et al
August 1, 2008 ORDER entered granting in part and denying in part [1316] Motion to Compel Production of Medical Information and Authorizations re: Ronald J. Bulger. (Tyler, Rebecca)
Massachusetts District Court · Case No. 1:04-cv-10981-PBS
Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin
This is a one-page order by Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts, signed and docketed August 1, 2008 as ECF 1371. It sits in the Neurontin multidistrict litigation (MDL 1629), whose lead case is Harden Manufacturing Corp. v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 1:04-cv-10981-PBS. Judge Patti B. Saris presided over the MDL and had referred discovery to Judge Sorokin. Neurontin is Pfizer's epilepsy drug, gabapentin; the products-liability side of the MDL claimed it caused suicidal behavior.
Flawed Reasoning1 serious3 moderate13 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM EDT
77Fair
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Document 301: United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ahmed et al
September 2, 2016 ORDER: For the reasons stated in the attached ruling, Motion [238] for Protective Order and to Quash is DENIED. Signed by Judge Janet Bond Arterton on 9/2/16. (Denker, J.)
Connecticut District Court · Case No. 3:15-cv-00675-JBA
District Judge Janet Bond Arterton
This is a three-page ruling by Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, entered September 2, 2016 as ECF 301 in SEC v. Ahmed, No. 3:15-cv-675. The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency that enforces the securities laws, sued Iftikar Ahmed in May 2015. It alleged that he defrauded the funds of Oak Management Corporation, the venture-capital firm where he was a partner. The court froze his assets and those of his wife and family entities, who were named as...
Sound2 moderate2 minor11 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM EDT
77Fair
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Document 676: Harden Manufacturing Corporation v. Pfizer, Inc. et al
March 15, 2007 DISCOVERY ORDER No. 10 entered. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court ALLOWS in part and DENIES in part [637] Motion to Intervene and for a Protective Order, and ALLOWS as…
Massachusetts District Court · Case No. 1:04-cv-10981-PBS
Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin
This is Discovery Order No. 10, a three-page order by Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts, entered March 15, 2007 as ECF 676 in the Neurontin multidistrict litigation (MDL 1629). The MDL gathers the suits over Pfizer's marketing of Neurontin (gabapentin), an epilepsy drug that Pfizer and its Warner-Lambert and Parke-Davis units were accused of promoting for unapproved, "off-label" uses. Judge Patti B. Saris presided over the MDL and referred this motion to Judge Sorokin on February 23, ...
Sound2 moderate4 minor11 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM EDT
62Poor
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Document 399: In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation
April 21, 2022 Order by Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore denying [385] Motion for Discovery.(wft, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/21/2022)Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class…
California Northern District Court · Case No. 3:18-cv-04865-EMC
Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore
This is a two-page discovery order (ECF 399, April 21, 2022) by Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore in In re Tesla, Inc. Securities Litigation, the Northern District of California class action over Elon Musk's August 2018 "funding secured" tweets about taking Tesla private. Tesla is the electric-vehicle maker Musk runs. District Judge Edward M. Chen, who presided over the case, had referred discovery disputes to Judge Westmore in January 2021 (ECF 305).
Flawed Reasoning1 serious1 moderate2 minor12 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM EDT
63Poor
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Document 72: X Corp. v. Media Matters for America et al
June 14, 2024 ORDER denying [70]: Before the Court is the parties' Stipulation on Protective Order (ECF No. [70]), filed June 13, 2024. Accordingly, the Court DENIES the parties' motion.…
Texas Northern District Court · Case No. 4:23-cv-01175-O
District Judge Reed C O'ConnorDistrict Judge Reed C O'Connor
This is a two-page order by Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, entered on June 14, 2024 in X Corp. v. Media Matters for America. X Corp. owns the X social network, formerly Twitter, which Elon Musk bought in 2022. Media Matters for America is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that monitors and criticizes conservative media. X sued Media Matters, its writer Eric Hananoki and its president Angelo Carusone over November 2023 articles showing major brands' advertisements next ...
Flawed Reasoning1 serious1 moderate12 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM EDT
61Poor
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Document 641: United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ahmed et al
July 10, 2017 ORDER: For the reasons stated in the attached Order, Defendant's Motions for Sanctions [522] [524] [532] are DENIED. Signed by Judge Janet Bond Arterton on 7/10/17. (Denker, J.)
Connecticut District Court · Case No. 3:15-cv-00675-JBA
District Judge Janet Bond Arterton
This is a two-page order by Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, entered July 10, 2017 as ECF 641 in SEC v. Ahmed, No. 3:15-cv-675. The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency that enforces the securities laws, sued Iftikar Ahmed in 2015. Ahmed had worked since 2004 at Oak Management Corporation, a venture capital firm that manages the Oak Investment Partners funds. The Second Circuit later described him as having "defrauded his former employer and its...
Flawed Reasoning1 serious2 moderate1 minor13 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM EDT
72Fair
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Document 169: X Corp. v. Media Matters for America et al
April 1, 2025 ORDER: Having reviewed the documents, the Court DENIES Plaintiff's [95] Motion to Compel. (Ordered by Judge Reed C. O'Connor on 4/1/2025) (jnp)
Texas Northern District Court · Case No. 4:23-cv-01175-O
District Judge Reed C O'ConnorDistrict Judge Reed C O'Connor
This is a one-page discovery order by Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, entered on April 1, 2025 in X Corp. v. Media Matters for America. X Corp. owns the X social network, formerly Twitter, which Elon Musk bought in 2022. Media Matters for America is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that monitors and criticizes conservative media. X sued Media Matters, its writer Eric Hananoki and its president Angelo Carusone over two November 2023 articles that showed major brands' ad...
Flawed Reasoning1 serious1 minor12 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM EDT
32Failing
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Document 269: Cohen v. Trump
August 2, 2016 ORDER Granting 238 Defendant's Motion to Amend Protective Order; Denying 233 Media Intervenors' Motion to Intervene and for An Order Modifying Stipulated Protective Order…
California Southern District Court · Case No. 3:13-cv-02519-GPC-WVG
District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel
This is Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel's order of August 2, 2016 in Cohen v. Trump, one of two class actions in the Southern District of California claiming that Trump University, a for-profit real-estate seminar business, defrauded its students. The same order was entered in the companion case, Low v. Trump University (Low ECF 501). It decides three motions about one thing: the videotapes of Donald J. Trump's depositions of December 10, 2015 and January 21, 2016.
Flawed Reasoning4 serious2 moderate3 minor19 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM EDT
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Document 266: Rusk v. Fidelity Brokerage Services
April 30, 2019 MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DISMISSING ACTION: After consideration of all the relevant factors, due to the extreme and pervasive nature of Rusk's conduct and the fact that…
Utah District Court · Case No. 2:15-cv-00853-RJS
District Judge Robert J. ShelbyDistrict Judge Robert J. Shelby
This is a 20-page Memorandum Decision and Order signed on April 30, 2019 by Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (ECF 266). It ends Rusk v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, an employment-discrimination suit that Zachary R.E. Rusk, a former Fidelity employee proceeding without a lawyer and in forma pauperis (excused from court fees), filed in December 2015. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC is the retail brokerage arm of Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual-fund and bro...
Flawed Reasoning1 serious2 moderate3 minor16 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM EDT
52Failing
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Document 65: X Corp. v. Media Matters for America et al
June 6, 2024 ORDER: After due consideration the Court finds that the [59] Motion should be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. (See Order for specifics.) Responses due by 6/14/2024. (Ordered…
Texas Northern District Court · Case No. 4:23-cv-01175-O
District Judge Reed C O'ConnorDistrict Judge Reed C O'Connor
This is a three-page discovery order by Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. It was entered on June 6, 2024 in X Corp. v. Media Matters for America. X Corp. is the company that owns the X social network, formerly Twitter, which Elon Musk bought in 2022. Media Matters for America is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that monitors and criticizes conservative media. X sued Media Matters, its writer Eric Hananoki and its president Angelo Carusone over two November 2023 articles ...
Flawed Reasoning2 serious2 moderate1 minor13 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM EDT
52Failing
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Document 834: United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ahmed et al
March 29, 2018 ORDER: For the reasons stated in the attached Order, non-party Oak's Motions [491] [551] [614] to Strike are GRANTED in part, insofar as certain identified filings shall be placed…
Connecticut District Court · Case No. 3:15-cv-00675-JBA
District Judge Janet Bond Arterton
This is a nine-page order by Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, entered March 29, 2018 as ECF 834 in SEC v. Ahmed, No. 3:15-cv-675. The SEC sued Iftikar Ahmed, a former partner at Oak Management Corporation, a venture-capital firm that manages the Oak Investment Partners funds. The SEC alleged that Ahmed defrauded Oak's funds and the companies they invested in. Ahmed lives in India, is a fugitive from a related criminal case, and was representing himself.
Flawed Reasoning2 serious2 moderate1 minor10 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM EDT
68Poor
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Document 519: In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation
December 22, 2022 ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen Granting in Part [515] Defendants' Emergency Motion to Compel Supplemental Expert Reports and Depositions. (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on…
California Northern District Court · Case No. 3:18-cv-04865-EMC
District Judge Edward M. Chen
This is a one-page order by Judge Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, entered December 22, 2022, in In re Tesla, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 3:18-cv-04865-EMC. The case is the class action over Elon Musk's August 7, 2018 tweets saying he was "considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." Tesla is the electric-vehicle maker Mr. Musk runs as chief executive. The lead plaintiff, Glen Littleton, is an investor and former futures-exchange trader who repres...
Flawed Reasoning1 serious1 moderate2 minor11 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM EDT
47Failing
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Document 23: Tesla, Inc. v. California Department Of Motor Vehicles
September 28, 2026
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · Case No. 26STCP00629
Call, Gregory
This is the California Department of Motor Vehicles' opposition to Tesla's petition for a writ of administrative mandate in Tesla, Inc. v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, No. 26STCP00629 (L.A. Super. Ct.). The Attorney General's office filed it on September 28, 2026, signed by Deputy Attorney General Gregory Call.
Misleading3 serious4 minor13 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM EDT
57Failing
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Document 246: Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk, X Holdings I, Inc., and X Holdings II, Inc.
August 25, 2022 Letter Decision Resolving Plaintiff's Second Discovery Motion
Court of Chancery of Delaware · Case No. 2022-0613-KSJM
Chancellor Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormickChancellor Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick
This is Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick's August 25, 2022 letter decision in Twitter, Inc. v. Musk, C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM (Del. Ch.). Twitter had sued to force Elon Musk to close his $44 billion purchase of the company. Musk had terminated the merger agreement on July 8, 2022, relying in part on a "preliminary analysis" by outside data scientists that suggested Twitter undercounted spam and fake accounts. His counterclaims cited their work at least eight times.
Flawed Reasoning1 serious2 moderate2 minor11 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM EDT
55Failing
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Document 874: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple Labs, Inc. et al
July 13, 2023 ORDER: granting in part and denying in part [621] Motion for Summary Judgment. For the foregoing reasons, the SEC's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED as to the Institutional…
New York Southern District Court · Case No. 1:20-cv-10832-AT-SN
District Judge Analisa TorresDistrict Judge Analisa Torres
This is Judge Analisa Torres's July 13, 2023 summary judgment order in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., No. 20 Civ. 10832 (S.D.N.Y.), reported at 682 F. Supp. 3d 308. The SEC claimed that Ripple and two of its leaders, Bradley Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen, sold the digital token XRP as an unregistered security. The order decided cross-motions for summary judgment. Summary judgment is a ruling without a trial, allowed only where no genuine factual dispute remains.
Flawed Reasoning1 serious4 moderate1 minor17 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM EDT
72Fair
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Document 184: Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC et al
February 3, 2015 Order Granting In Part And Denying In Part Defendant's Motion For Protective Order Precluding Depositions And For An Order Quashing Subpoena
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco · Case No. CGC-12-520719
This is a February 3, 2015 discovery order in Pao v. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, No. CGC-12-520719 (S.F. Super. Ct.), two weeks before trial. It decides Kleiner Perkins's motion for a protective order, an order limiting or blocking discovery, against three requests by Ellen Pao:
Flawed Reasoning1 serious1 moderate8 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM EDT
80Good
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Document 294: Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC et al
March 24, 2015 Judge Kahns Ruling Regarding Financial Motive Evidence And Exhibits A And B (transaction Id # 56962542) Filed By Defendant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Llc
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco · Case No. CGC-12-520719
Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn
This is Judge Harold E. Kahn's March 11, 2015 ruling, sent by email in the middle of trial in Pao v. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, No. CGC-12-520719 (S.F. Super. Ct.). It refuses to let Kleiner Perkins cross-examine Ellen Pao about her finances and her husband's to show a financial motive for her complaint and her lawsuit. Her husband is Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher, whose hedge fund had gone into bankruptcy.
Sound2 moderate8 min read
Read the analysis → · Written October 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM EDT
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