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  • LVI Grp. Inv., LLC v. NCM Grp. Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rudolf Koch, Matthew W. Murphy, and Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven C. Florsheim, Greg Shinall, Daniel A. Shmikler, Michael G. Dicker, and Trevor K. Scheetz, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Richard D. Heins, Philip Trainer, Jr., and Hayley M. Lenahan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Stephen Novack, Donald A. Tarkington, Andrew D. Campbell, Elizabeth C. Wolicki, and Yvette V. Mishev, Novack and Macey, LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68112

    Fraud complaint against majority stakeholder of merged corporation, and the stakeholders principals, maintained where counterparty to merger pled that defendants intentionally directed falsification of merged corporations pre-merger financials.

  • In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher P. Quinn, Randall J. Baron, David T. Wissbroecker, Da-vid Knotts, Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo and Gregory Del Gaizo for plaintiff
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Nicholas J. Rohrer, Benjamin M. Potts and Peter A. Wald for individual defendants; Thomas A. Beck, Blake Rohrbacher and Susan M. Hannigan for nominal defendant Oracle Corp.
    Case Number: D68097

    In this derivative action, the complaint adequately alleged that the majority of the board lacked independence, so demand on the board was futile.

  • In re Appraisal of AOL Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Mary S. Thomas and Laina M Herbert for petitioners
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Christopher N. Kelly, William Savitt, Ryan A. McLeod, An-drew J.H. Cheung, Nicholas Walter and Courtney L. Shike for respondent.
    Case Number: D68067

    In this statutory appraisal proceeding filed by a minority stockholders following a merger, the court relied on a discounted cash flow analysis to determine share value.

  • Miller v. HCP & Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Anderson and David S. Chipman for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Tammy L. Mercer, Paul J. Loughman, Christopher M. Mason and Carolyn G. Nussbaum for defendants.
    Case Number: D68042

    An operating agreement for a limited liability company explicitly allowed a private sale, and the implied cove-nant of good faith and fair dealing did not require an auction or open-market sale of the company.

  • Oklahoma Firefighters Pension & Retirement System v. Corbat

    Publication Date: 2018-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Nathan A. Cook, Rebecca A. Musarra, Mark Lebovitch, David L. Wales, Alla Zayenchik, Brian J. Robbins, Felipe J. Arroyo and Gina Stassi for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., T. Brad Davey, Tyler J. Leavengood, Jay G. Stirling, Mary Eaton, Frank Scaduto, Stephen P. Lamb, Me-ghan M. Dougherty, Brad S. Karp, Bruce Birenboim, Susanna Buergel and Jane B. O'Brien for defendants.
    Case Number: D67996

    In this stockholder derivative action, plaintiffs failed to establish bad faith on the part of corporate officers and directors in their responses to numerous regulatory issues.

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  • RCS Creditor Trust v. Schorsch

    Publication Date: 2017-12-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Corporate Governance | REITS
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, John P. Coffey, Gregory A. Horowitz, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Eileen Patt and Jeffrey Dunlap for plaintiff
    for defendant: Elizabeth A. Sloan, Michael C. Miller, Michael G. Scavelli and Lara E. Romansic for defendant Block; Stephen P. Lamb, Me-ghan M. Dougherty, Allan J. Arffa, Gregory F. Laufer and Jeremy A. Benjamin for remaining defendants.
    Case Number: D67979

    Plaintiff adequately stated a claim for breach of fiduciary duty where officers and directors stood on both sides of a transac-tion which created an entity that defendants controlled by way of super-voting stock despite owning only a minority interest.

  • The Williams Co., Inc. v. Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Zi-Xiang Shen, Sandra C. Goldstein, Antony L. Ryan and Kevin J. Orsini for plaintiff
    for defendant: Rolin P. Bissell, Tammy L. Mercer, James M. Yoch, Jr., Michael C. Holmes, John C. Wander, Michael L. Charlson and Craig E. Zieminski for defendants.
    Case Number: D67980

    A company which terminated a merger based on the failure of a condition precedent was not entitled to recover a termination fee under the terms of the parties merger agreement.

  • The Dow Chem. Co. v. Organik Kimya Holding A.S.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-01
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith II and Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles K. Verhoeven, Raymond N. Nimrod, and James E. Baker, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Kathleen Furey McDonough, John A. Sensing, and Ryan C. Cicoski, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Robert Robertson and Benjamin Holt, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D67920

    Long arm personal jurisdiction over foreign entity proper where it was alleged that the entity incorporated a domestic entity as an integral part of a scheme to misappropriate and commercialize trade secrets.

  • The City of Cambridge Ret. Sys. v. Universal Health Servs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Irene R. Lax, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, David Wales, and David MacIssac, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Joseph C. Schoell and Ryan T. Costa, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gary A. Orseck, Matthew M. Madden, and Joshua S. Bolian, Robbins Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D67919

    Incorporation-by-reference condition imposed upon grant of stockholders 220 demand where it would reasonably permit corporation to respond to future litigation by referring to documents in motion to dismiss.