• Weil v. VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo and Elizabeth A. Mullin for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sara E. Bussiere, Scott A. Edelman and Alan J. Stone for defendant.

    Case Number: D68061

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement for legal fees incurred on their behalf in civil lawsuits.

  • In re: TransPerfect Global, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Christopher N. Kelly, Jaclyn C. Levy, and Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip S. Kaufman, Ronald S. Greenberg, Marjorie E. Sheldon, and Jared I. Heller, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for petitioner
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina LLC, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Ladig and Brett M. McCartney, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David B. Goldstein, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, NY; Jeremy D. Eicher, Eicher Law LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for respondents.

    Case Number: D68056

    Sale of petitioners interest in company to co-founder and opposing party approved, where custodian conducting sale enjoyed independence due to indemnification and advancement rights, and where petitioners objections to sale apparently motivated by animus toward opposing party.

  • Garza v. Citigroup Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad. J. Bracegirdle, Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Arun J. Mohan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68040

    Claim for accounting properly dismissed where estate failed to plead existence of fiduciary duty between decedent and bank, or basis to pierce corporate veil between bank and its parent.

  • IRA Trust FBO Bobbie Ahmed v. Crane

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, and David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY; Jason M. Leviton and Joel Fleming, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian C. Ralston, Andrew H. Sauder, and Matthew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68030

    Business judgment rule applied to controlling stockholders equity reclassification that perpetuated its control, where controller sought approval of special committee of disinterested, independent directors and of informed, unaffiliated stockholders.

  • Richard B. Gamberg 2007 Family Trust v. United Restaurant Group, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric M. Andersen for plaintiff
    for defendant: Rebecca L. Butcher, Joseph D. Wright and Travis J. Ferguson for defendant Atlantic Coast Dining, Inc. and individual defendants; Frank E. Noyes and Joyce A. Kuhns for defendant United Restaurant Group, L.P.

    Case Number: D68035

    Plaintiff failed to set forth facts sufficient to support a claim for reformation of a partnership agreement.

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  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • In re: Geneius Biotechnology, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam G. Landis, Rebecca L. Butcher, James S. Green, Jr., and Matthew R. Pierce, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for petitioner
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio and Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Francis J. Early and Kaitlyn A. Crowe, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY, attorneys for respondent.

    Case Number: D67991

    Appointment of receiver denied where petitioner failed to establish companys insolvency, due to its ability to obtain further financing to continue operations.

  • City of Birmingham Ret. And Relief Sys. v. Good

    Publication Date: 2018-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Nicholas J. Rohrer, and Meryem Y. Dede, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Hoffman, Jeffrey W. Golan, and Julie B. Palley, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA; Felipe J. Arroyo, Shane P. Sanders, and Gina Stassi, Robbins Arroyo LLP, San Diego, CA; Judith S. Scolnick, Donald. A. Broggi, and Thomas. L. Laughlin, Scott+Scott, Attorneys at Law, LLP, New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews and Craig J. Springer, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alfred G. Yates, Law Offices of Alfred G.Yats, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Susan W. Waesco, and Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jack B. Jacobs, Sidley Austin LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bierman, Andrew W. Stern, and Elizabeth A. Espinosa, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D67990

    Derivative complaint properly dismissed for failure to make litigation demand where stockholders allegations only established exculpated claim for directors bad faith, rather than personal liability for companys environmental violations.

  • Perry v. Neupert

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Anderson for plaintiff
    for defendant: Douglas D. Hermann and James H.S. Levine for defendants.

    Case Number: D67987

    The court found that a foundation was a party that should be joined for just resolution of a dispute.

  • In re Good Technology. Corp. Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Barron, A. Rick Atwood, and Esther Lee, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Frank R. Martin, and Travis R. Dunkelberger, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottman, and Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Micheletti, Alyssa S. O'Connell, Sarah Runnells Martin, and Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D67927

    Submitting disputes to sole authority and exclusive jurisdiction of neutral party indicated parties intent to submit to arbitration, and designated neutral with conflicts of interest had authority to rule on procedural matters of appointing alternate arbiter.