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  1. July 27, 2018

    Dentons And USAE Investors Get OK For $12.2M Deal

    A California federal judge gave final approval to a $12.2 million settlement between Dentons and U.S. Aerospace Inc. shareholders who claimed the company's value was wrongly transferred by an attorney at a law firm acquired by a predecessor of Dentons.

  2. December 18, 2017

    Dentons Predecessor To Pay Bulk Of $12.2M USAE Deal

    A long-promised settlement between a Dentons predecessor and U.S. Aerospace Inc. shareholders who said the company's value was wrongly transferred materialized Friday, revealing that the predecessor firm and other defendants have agreed to pay $12.2 million after a USAE bankruptcy was kicked out of bankruptcy court.

  3. January 31, 2017

    Dentons Knew About Damages Claims, USAE Investors Say

    U.S. Aerospace Inc. shareholders suing the company and others over a scheme to artificially inflate the company's stock price through fake defense contract bids have told a California federal court that Dentons should face punitive damages in the case as the successor to the firm that helped orchestrate the scheme.

  4. November 22, 2016

    Atty Misconduct Can't Nix Default For USAE Exec, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Monday refused to lift a default judgment against a U.S. Aerospace Inc. executive in a shareholder's suit over allegedly fake defense contract bids, ruling that his cooperation after firing an attorney who went "rogue" didn't change the circumstances of the judgment against him.

  5. September 28, 2016

    USAE Exec Blames Default Judgments On Atty Misconduct

    A U.S. Aerospace Inc. executive facing shareholder claims in California federal court he conspired to artificially inflate the company's stock price through bogus defense contract bids is seeking to set aside default judgments that he blames on the actions of a former "rogue attorney."

  6. December 16, 2015

    USAE Investor Wants Contempt Finding Over Withheld Docs

    A U.S. Aerospace Inc. shareholder pursuing a derivative lawsuit against the company's officers and related entities asked for a contempt finding in California federal court Tuesday against most of the defendants after they and their attorney allegedly ignored an order to turn over documents.

  7. August 22, 2011

    USAE Seeks To Nix Investor Suit Over Akin Gump Letter

    U.S. Aerospace Inc. said Friday that a California federal court should dismiss a shareholder derivative suit because plaintiffs built their case using privileged information taken from a letter written by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.