• In the Matter of the Niki & Darren Irrevocable Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2019-0302-SG

    Successor beneficiary of trust successfully challenged purported decanting of trust corpus into a new trust where the trust did not give trustees the authority to invade trust corpus, a necessary power to decant trust assets under Delaware law.

  • Cook v. Deep Hole Creek Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Dover, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0522-SG

    Where the deed and survey record supported finding that the original property owners intended for a subdivided lot to extend to the centerline of the adjacent waterway to ensure the lot had sufficient acreage to become buildable, the court quieted title in favor of the lot's current owners' right to wharf out from their property.

  • Hub Group, Inc. v. Knoll

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sensing, Tyler E. Cragg, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven J. Fineman, Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0471-SG

    Court denied temporary restraining order to enforce non-compete after it found the agreement's scope overly-broad by territory and competition such that it was not essential to protect employer's legitimate business interests.

  • 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.

  • Harper v. Sievert

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph L. Christensen, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Dunne, Edward M. Grauman, Bathaee Dunne LLP, Austin, TX; Yavar Bathaee, Andrew C. Wolinsky, Bathaee Dunne LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Peter C. Cirka, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Roger A. Cooper, Mark E. McDonald, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0819-SG

    Demand was not excused where plaintiff failed to plead specific facts demonstrating that directors acted disloyally to confer a non-ratable benefit to the corporate parent at the parent's direction.

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  • BV Advisory Partners, LLC v. Quantum Computing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Education | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas S. Biemer, Patrick M. Northen, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Hecht, Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0719-SG

    Investor's contractual claims arising from company's acquisition failed where investor failed to adequately plead a frustration of its contractual rights by defendants or the existence of such rights under the parties' agreements.

  • BV Advisory Partners, LLC v. Quantum Computing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Electronics | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Craig K. Ferrere, Naseeba Saeed, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0768-SG

    Court declined to grant petition for appointment of receiver where petitioners potentially lacked standing and failed to demonstrate circumstances warranting a receivership.

  • Kormos v. Playtika Holding UK II Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Christopher P. Quinn, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Casimir O. Szustak, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; John Vielandi, Joshua M. Glasser, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian C. Ralston, Charles R. Hallinan, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew R. Gray, Ryan A. Walsh, Natasha Pardawala, Latham and Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA; R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Susan W. Waesco, Kirk C. Andersen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dean Kristy, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Felix S. Lee, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-0396-SG

    Breach of fiduciary duty claims failed where plaintiffs failed to allege facts demonstrating that defendants took actions that were to the company's detriment or that interfered with the board's special committee's negotiations for a self-tender.

  • Himawan v. Cephalon, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Soroko, Wayne A. Mack, Michael J. Rinaldi, Jessica Priselac, Duane Morris, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: J. Matthew Belger, Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jay P. Lefkowitz, P.C., Devora Allon, P.C., John P. Del Monaco, Alexandra I. Russell, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2018-0075-SG

    Court granted judgment for defendants on plaintiffs' breach of merger agreement claim where record indicated defendants undertook commercially reasonable efforts to develop pharmaceutical treatment and reasonably abandoned development when testing indicated that commercialization would not result in a reasonable profit.

  • Handler v. Centerview Partners Holdings L.P.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Elisabeth S. Bradley, Kevin P. Rickert, Zeliang Liu, Hana Brajuskovic, Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-0672-SG

    Plaintiff was not entitled to books and records where record supported finding that parties had failed to reach agreement on essential terms to induct plaintiff as a partner and continued to regard him as an employee.