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Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL
Although alleged tortious interference was not sufficiently factually related to fiduciary duty claims to support ancillary personal jurisdiction, the court could exercise personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute where the alleged tortious interference with trust involved appointing a Delaware trustee and changing the situs of the trust to Delaware.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Automotive | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhoffer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Klausner, Stanford, CA, for plaintiff.
for defendant: John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Melanie E. Walker, Gaspard Rappoport, DLA Piper LLP (US), Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0679-LWW
Public stockholder in pre-merger special purpose acquisition company sufficiently stated breach of fiduciary claims under entire fairness review by alleging that sponsor and the SPAC board were conflicted as they stood to see a return on their investment even though the post-merger company would not succeed, and regardless of whether the public stockholders would be better served by liquidation.
Publication Date: 2023-01-03
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory | Transportation
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Savitt, Sarah K. Eddy, Adam M Gogolak, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Lamb, Andrew G. Gordon, Harris Fischman, Robert N. Kravitz, Carter E. Greenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Srinivas M. Raju, Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rolin P. Bissell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Daniel G. Paterno, Eric A. Veres, Samuel D. Cordle, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 2021-0700-PWG
Member controlling general partner in Master Limited Partnership was correct party to determine whether opinion of counsel to exercise call right was acceptable, meaning that general partner and related entities were exculpated from liability to limited partners due to the presumption of good faith in reliance on opinion of counsel imposed by the limited partnership agreement.
Publication Date: 2022-12-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Stephanie H. Dallaire, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0930-JTL
Secured creditor validly exercised rights under pledge agreement to replace sole director of debtor's wholly-owned subsidiary, where creditor regained enforcement rights it had assigned when the assignee defaulted on its agreement with creditor.
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey J. Lyons, Baker & Hostetler LLP. Wilmington, DE; Teresa Goody Guillén, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington D.C.; Marco Molina, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael A, Pittenger, William R. Denny, Matthew F. Davis, Nicholas D. Mozal, Laura G. Readinger, Carson R. Bartlett, Shelby M. Thornton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0669-LWW
The court denied plaintiff stockholder's request for preliminary injunctive relief requesting that defendant board of directors recognize a candidate nomination.
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Publication Date: 2022-10-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Sarah E. Delia, Stephanie H. Dallaire, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Lilianna Anh P. Townsend, Trevor T. Nielsen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: 2020-0766-JTL
Secured creditor's motion to modify injunction requiring the return of assets to debtor denied where transferee had no legal right to title to the assets, and debtor was entitled to the assets to satisfy its secured debts.
Publication Date: 2022-09-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, John M. Seaman, Eric A. Veres, Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Margaret H. Allen, Yolanda C. Garcia, Angela C. Zambrano, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael W. McDermott, Richard I. G. Jones, Jr., David B. Anthony, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0619-JTL
Though the LLC agreement's provisions required declaring the transfer of member interest void ab initio, case law might need to be reconsidered to allow courts of equity to consider equitable defenses to breach of contract claims.
Publication Date: 2022-09-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0518-JTL
The court could exercise personal jurisdiction over the general counsel/chief legal officer of Delaware LLC who by virtue of that position would materially participate in the company's management and therefore would qualify as an acting manager.
Publication Date: 2022-09-20
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas Curry, Tayler D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; Chad Johnson, Noam Mandel, Desiree Cummings, Jonathan Zweig, Sarah Delaney, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newton Square, PA; Julia Goldsmith Reiser, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC; Richard A. Speirs, Amy Miller, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Alexander M. Krischik, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sandra C. Goldstein, Stefan Atkinson, Byron Pacheco, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sameer Advani, Wesley R. Powell, Patricia O. Haynes, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter L. Welsh, C. Thomas Brown, Patrick T. Roath, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA; Edward R. McNicholas, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, Dla Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul R. Bessette, Michael J. Biles, Daniel M. Wodnicki, King & Spalding LLP, Austin, TX; Benjamin Lee, Benjamin B. Watson, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0940-SG
Court granted board of directors' motion to dismiss a claim for breach of loyalty after plaintiff shareholders sued following a cybersecurity attack that led to a substantial drop in the company's stock value.
Publication Date: 2022-08-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chris L. Gilbert, Gilbert PC, Dallas, TX for appellant.
for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Renée Mosley Delcollo, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D69938
Superior court erred in granting LLC judgment on claw back of indemnification where it failed to address defendant's allegations of bad faith by LLC in determining defendant's non-entitlement to indemnification.
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