• RedBird Capital Partners Platform LP v. Concorde Parent, LP

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Tammy L. Mercer, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Andrew J. Cazerkawski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Johnathan D. Schiller, Thomas H. Sosnowski, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden J. Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Charles H. Sangree, Caitlin E. Jokubaitis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Christopher D. Porter, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 2024-0274-SG

    Court declined to enjoin contractual alternative dispute resolution process where parties agreed to submit validity of post-closing cap-ex budget to independent consultant for expert review, where consultant was empowered to conduct independent analysis of company's financial records.

  • Centrella v. Avantor, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology | Chemicals and Materials | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Philip Trainer, Jr., Ashby & Geddes, P.A. Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. Solbakken, Arkin Solbakken LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Becton, II, David J. Margules, Jessica C. Watt, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-0876-NAC

    Under the right-of-control test, plaintiff qualified as employee of defendant's subsidiary rather than defendant where subsidiary controlled plaintiff's compensation, determined the terms and conditions of his employment, and supervised his work.

  • In re Anaplan, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Schwartz, John Vielandi, Labaton Keller Sucharow, New York, NY; Aaron T. Morris, Leonid Kandinov, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Sarah R. Martin, Ryan M. Lindsay, Lauren M. Griffith, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-1073-NAC

    Court dismissed former stockholder's fiduciary duty claim arising from breach of merger agreement leading to reduced merger consideration where the reduced price still provided a premium over the stock price and the stockholders approved the merger in an informed vote.

  • Deane v. Maginn

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Holloway, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christine M. Mackintosh, Esquire Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Amy M. Dudash, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2017-0346-LWW

    Court declined to award pre-judgment/pre-trial interest on rescissory damages as judgment creditor was not deprived of its funds and defendant was being ordered to disgorge the benefits he accrued by usurping creditor's corporate opportunities.

  • In re TransPerfect Global, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Eicher, Eicher Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Frank E. Noyes, II, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer C. Voss, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: 9700-CM, 10449-CM

    Court overruled corporation's objections to custodian's legal fee petitions where court had already ruled on custodian's entitlement to fees and found no basis to support corporations' challenges to the reasonableness of the fees.

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  • Maric Healthcare, LLC v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael T. Manuel, John M. Seaman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Margaret F. England, Michael Van Gorder, Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1062-NAC

    Court declined to dismiss fiduciary claims where defendant availed himself of Delaware law by becoming a manager of a Delaware LLC pursuant to an LLC agreement that expressly imposed fiduciary duties on defendant.

  • Trifecta Multimedia Holdings Inc. v. WCG Clinical Serv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Holley E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; David S. Flugman, Lauren J. Zimmerman, Korey Boehm, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Jackson, Ashley Moore Drake, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ariel E. Rogers, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA; Lauren E. Jackson, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0699-JTL

    Statements that did not constitute mere puffery were sufficient to state a fraud claim where plaintiff adequately alleged defendant's scienter and where the parties' contract lacked an anti-reliance clause.

  • Osios LLC v. Tiptree, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Sauder Dailey, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rebecca L. Butcher, Jennifer L. Cree, Howard W. Robertson IV, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0589-NAC

    Failure to follow written notice requirements to exercise investment option was waived where defendants acted to delay or obstruct plaintiff's efforts to exercise the option despite multiple oral notices of intent to exercise.

  • DPML Jamison Corner, LLC v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Kimberly Hoffman, R. Eric Hacker, Alena V. Smith, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0403-KSJM

    Court allowed parties to enter a status quo order staying the proceedings where necessary to protect plaintiff's interest in mandamus proceeding to challenge expiration of land development plan.

  • Stansell v. Rosensweig

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J. Adams, Ankita Sangwan, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dean S. Kristy, Jennifer C. Bretan, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Felix S. Lee, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA; Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy E. Hoeffner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-0180-PAF

    Company's proxy statement was not materially misleading where company was not obligated to state that customers used the company's products to cheat and use of products in that manner was reasonably foreseeable.