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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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Publication Date: 2020-12-02
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus E. Montejo, Stephen D. Dargitz, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Chet B. Waldman, Adam J. Blander, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tab K. Rosenfeld, Steven M. Kaplan, Nicole E. Meyer. Rosenfeld & Kaplan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants GPB Capital Holdings LLC and nominal defendants GPB Holdings II, LP and GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP. Jacob R. Kirkham, Kobre & Kim LLP, Wilmington, DE; William McGovern, Leif T. Simonson, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY for defendant Gentile. Michael W. McDermott, Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Berger Harris LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Jeffrey Schreiber, Richard J. Jancasz, Meister Seelig & Fein LLP, New York, NY for defendant Schneider. David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin D. Galbraith, Law Office of Kevin Galbraith, LLC, New York, NY for defendant Lash.
Case Number: D69209
Plaintiffs adequately stated claims for breach of fiduciary duty as to the controller and general partner of two limited partnerships.
Publication Date: 2020-11-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Derrick Farrell, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, Davis M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Kaitlyn T. Devenyns, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, Eric A. Veres, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Stefania D. Venezia, Amanda K. Pooler, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Brian C. Ralston, Seth R. Tangman, Caneel Radinson-Blasucci, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Sullivan, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69192
Court declined to disregard precedent set forth in Gentile v. Rosette where present case involved, as it did in Gentile, a corporate controller's actions to cause the corporation to issue stock for insufficient consideration such that the controller could increase its stake in the company at the expense of the public minority stockholders, allowing those stockholders to pursue direct claims.
Publication Date: 2020-11-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Bradford deLeeuw, deLeeuw Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Schubert, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, San Francisco, CA; James E. Miller, Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLP, Chester, CT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; William Savitt, Ryan A. McLeod, Anitha Reddy, Cecilia A. Glass, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; George M. Garvey, Laura Lin, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69189
Plaintiffs failed to establish demand futility because a majority of the board was capable of impartially con-sidering a litigation demand.
Publication Date: 2020-10-28
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel II, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Andrew J. Rodgers, Nicholas J. Karasimas, Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin J. Orsini, Rory A. Leraris, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69171
The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint because the company's bylaws contained a mandatory forum selection provision in favor of another state.
Publication Date: 2020-10-21
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan M. Ernst, O’Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. McKenna, Gregory M. Egleston, Gainey McKenna & Egleston, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Jenness E. Parker, Veronica B. Bartholomew, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69158
Dismissal of derivative complaint for failure to adequately plead demand futility and failure to state a claim granted without prejudice, where plaintiffs were given leave to move to amend their complaint and assert amendments and additional allegations that would cure the pleading deficiencies of their complaint.
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