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Publication Date: 2022-06-28
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Steven P. Wood, Sarah E. Delia, Stephanie H. Dallaire, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Lilianna Anh P. Townsend, Trevor T. Nielson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for appellee.
Case Number: D69864
Board committee action approving omnibus agreement moving company's assets into a "NewCo" was invalid where company's charter required approval of one class of shareholders for "asset transfers."
Publication Date: 2022-06-21
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; D. Patrick Long, Jonathan R. Mureen, John Tancabel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring IV, Kirsten Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, Sarah F. Kirkpatrick, Lauren Uhlig, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: D69857
Plaintiffs sufficiently pled breach of fiduciary duty claims by alleging that controlling stockholder, who also controlled a majority of the board, was conflicted due to its desire to cash out its investment, which purportedly led it to approve a sale of the company that maximized the controller's return at the expense of the compensation to minority stockholders.
Publication Date: 2022-06-14
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Emily V. Burton, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Alberto E. Chávez, Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce, Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Miller, Robert K. Beste, III, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica K. Loseman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO for defendants.
Case Number: D69848
Transaction authorized by LLC manager solely within her capacity that issued new class of equity in and amending the rights of the new class and existing classes was void as a matter of contract where the LLC's operating agreement expressly granted the right to amend to certain existing classes of members.
Publication Date: 2022-06-14
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Gretchen V. Scavo, Matthew Durkin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Melissa D. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Weber, Joseph P. Kenny, Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL for defendants.
Case Number: D69852
Fraudulent misrepresentation claims dismissed where the alleged statements constituted forward-looking plans rather than existing facts and there was no evidence showing the speaker had no intention of fulfilling those plans.
Publication Date: 2022-06-14
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennet, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey M. Johnson, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, Cleveland Heights, OH; Donald A. Broggi, Scott R. Jacobsen, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Adam M. Gogolak, Corey J. Banks, Zachary M. David, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D69849
Plaintiff's request for additional books and records denied where it had failed to produce evidence permitting an inference that defendant corporation was engaged in antitrust and tax law violations, such that plaintiff's request merely constituted an improper fishing expedition.
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Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C.; D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John P. Stigi III, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69840
Breach of fiduciary claims not dismissed where director who later pled conflict of interest continued to participate in board discussions over merger.
Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Retail
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Anisha Mirchandani, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69838
Stockholder alleged sufficient claim of breach of fiduciary duty by board in claiming that he had notified board that an officer's equity compensation award violated the express limitations of the company's plan and the board took no action to rectify the error.
Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Bruce McNew, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David T. Wissbroecker, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN; Brett Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel J. Kramer, Geoffrey R. Chepiga, Daniel J. Juceam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Richard Li, M. Annie Houghton-Larsen, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69839
Non-exculpated fiduciary duty claims against directors survived dismissal where plaintiff pled sufficient facts to support inference that directors were financially and professionally aligned with activist investor/director who allegedly profited off insider information to the detriment of public shareholders.
Publication Date: 2022-05-31
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Harris, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas R. Hirsch, Ben Hutman, James Ancone, Sadis & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Douglas D. Herrmann, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Pamela S. Palmer, Kevin Crisp, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69830
Plaintiffs could not pursue derivative claims that arose prior to the corporate defendant's acquisition of stock, where there were no exigent circumstances to warrant granting equitable standing or to look past the corporate forms to afford standing to the prior holding company's sole owner.
Publication Date: 2022-05-17
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Thomas Shakow, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Neal C. Belgam, Kelly A. Green, Jason Z. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69814
Board was substantially justified in approving stock sale that diluted equal stockholder's interest, where it mooted that stockholder's legal action that posed a risk of triggering termination of the company's key contracts.
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