Mackenzie M Wrobel

Mackenzie M Wrobel

October 18, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Decision Is a Reminder of Limits on Integration Clauses in Matters Arising From 2021 Deal Days

The decision saved threatened claims from a motion to dismiss and is a timely reminder of the limits on integration clauses during a time when corporate and commercial litigators are seeing an uptick in matters arising from acquisitions completed during the busy deal days of 2021.

By Mackenzie M. Wrobel

6 minute read

April 06, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

TRO Ruling Resolves Competing Proposed Orders; Says Company Neutrality Is a Must in a Control Dispute

Vice Chancellor Lori Will in In re Aerojet Stockholder Litigation, No. 2022-0127-LWW, confirms that the middle, in a field of neutrality, is exactly where a company and its resources must remain in the midst of contested director elections involving a mixed bag of incumbent directors and insurgents.

By Mackenzie M. Wrobel

7 minute read

April 07, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Enforces Rule 15(aaa) in Its Fight Against Serial Amendments to Pleadings

To amend, or not to amend? That may not be "the question" posed in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," but it is "the question" a plaintiff should ask itself upon receiving, and before responding to, a motion from the defendant to dismiss a complaint.

By Mackenzie M. Wrobel,

11 minute read

May 13, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Decision in 'Highway to Health' Puts Specific Jurisdiction in Spotlight

The "close, but no cigar" nature of the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision reminds litigants that specific personal jurisdiction may be established in a variety of ways—including through the "cumulative effect" theory or by enforcement of a forum selection clause against nonsignatories.

By Mackenzie M. Wrobel

7 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Forecloses Reliance on Technical Truths, Delayed Disclosures as Defenses to Disclosure-Related Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

Fiduciary duties are fundamental concepts in Delaware corporate law. Directors and officers owe duties of care and loyalty, and from these obligations flows a duty to disclose information to stockholders

By Mackenzie M. Wrobel

5 minute read