( January 21, 2026, 12:39 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a biomedical research company and its controlling members in a suit brought by its founder alleging they violated securities laws and breached their fiduciary duties by not informing him that they were considering private-equity financing when he sold his stake in the company, finding a genuine dispute of material fact exists as to the founder’s fiduciary duties claim but not as to his securities law claims....