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Publication Date: 2021-03-03
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Software
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Kupka, Samir Shukurov, William J. Fields, Fields Kupka & Shukurov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: A. Thompson Baylis, Daniel John McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69314
The court awarded plaintiff attorney fees in this proxy challenge litigation based on the "common corporate benefit" doctrine, but it awarded a much smaller amount than plaintiff requested.
Publication Date: 2021-02-24
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrew, Craig J. Springer, David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; Bradley J. Benoit, Bryan Dumesnil, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX; Srinivas M. Raju, Andrew J. Peach, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Selsberg, S. Sels-berg Law, PLLC, Houston, TX; Sylvia A. Mayer, S. Mayer Law PLLC, Houston, TX; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Mat-thew F. Davis, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Matthew A. Peller, Y. Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defend-ants.
Case Number: D69305
The court granted defendant directors' motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim because plaintiff's claim was essentially one for breach of fiduciary duty.
Publication Date: 2021-02-10
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Joseph L. Christensen, Hayley M. Lenahan, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Holly E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jon M. Talotta, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Tysons, VA; Michael C. Hefter, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for appellee.
Case Number: D69287
Court properly found controller had affirmatively deceived directors to foster quorum by publicly expressing support for CEO after making statements to others suggesting controller intended to fire the CEO.
Publication Date: 2021-01-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Durham, plaintiff pro se.
for defendant: John G. Harris, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69270
LLC member's breach of fiduciary duties arising from alleged violation of member's perquisite could not be brought directly against company where contractual agreement to provide the perquisite was issued by the managing members and not from the company.
Publication Date: 2021-01-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Sarah A. Clark, Robert B. Greco, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Fin-ger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brad D. Sorrels, Andrew D. Cordo, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; A. Thomspon Baylis, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce A. Ericson, Sta-cie O. Kinser, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. Teklits, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69274
The court granted motions to dismiss with respect to one group of defendants because some of plaintiff's claims were time-barred, and plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to support the remaining claims against those particular defendants.
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Publication Date: 2021-01-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Joseph A. Sparco, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott P. Drake, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Dallas, TX; Peter A. Stokes, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Austin, TX for defend-ants.
Case Number: D69273
A company's directors failed to adequately address problems identified by federal regulators, but their conduct did not amount to bad faith.
Publication Date: 2021-01-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Edward G. Timlin, Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Chad Johnson, Noam Mandel, Desiree Cummings, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN; Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Anne B. Beste, Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Matthew E. Fischer, Michael A. Pittenger, Christopher N. Kelly, J. Matthew Belger, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Victor L. Hou, Rahul Mukhi, Mark E. McDonald, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY; Gregory P. Williams, Blake Rohrbacher, Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert H. Baron, Gary A. Bornstein, Rory A. Leraris, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stuart J. Baskin Randall Martin, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69255
Controller standing on both sides of a merger transaction without dual protections for minority shareholders was required to defend transaction under entire fairness review standard rather than business judgment rule.
Publication Date: 2021-01-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Lori W. Will, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Leah E. Brenner, Jeremy W. Gagas, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Sommer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York, NY; David J. Berger, Steven M. Guggenheim, Dylan G. Savage of Wil-son Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. , Palo Alto for plaintiff We Company; William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Sabrina M. Hendershot, Sara Toscano, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Seiler, Philippe Adler, Mala Ahuja Harker, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY; William Christopher Carmody, Shawn J. Rabin, Arun Subramanian, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., New York, NY for plain-tiffs Neumann and We Holdings LLC.
for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Sarah R. Martin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; George A. Zimmerman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for The We Co. Elena C. Norman, Rolin P. Bissell, Nicholas J. Rohrer, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik J. Olson, of Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto, CA; James Bennett, Jordan Eth, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Fran-ciso, CA for defendant SoftBank Group Corp. Michael A. Barlow, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Baylis LLP, Wilmington, DE; John B. Quinn, Molly Stephens of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant SoftBank Vision Fund.
Case Number: D69249
A temporary committee created by a company's board of directors did not have authority to terminate a lawsuit that was filed by an earlier special committee.
Publication Date: 2020-12-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott D. Cousins, Cousins Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Luis Salazar, Jose Ceide, Daniel Halperin, Salazar Law, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: D69244
An insolvent company failed to establish a reasonable probability of success on the merits, so the court de-nied its request for a preliminary injunction.
Publication Date: 2020-12-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Neal C. Belgam, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Zi-Xiang Shen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Susan M. Han-nigan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69242
A proxy statement involving an equity incentive plan did not contain materially deficient language, so the court granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's direct claim for breach of fiduciary duty.
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