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Publication Date: 2024-07-02
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Eicher, Eicher Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Frank E. Noyes, II, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer C. Voss, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 9700-CM, 10449-CM
Court overruled corporation's objections to custodian's legal fee petitions where court had already ruled on custodian's entitlement to fees and found no basis to support corporations' challenges to the reasonableness of the fees.
Publication Date: 2024-06-25
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Sauder Dailey, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rebecca L. Butcher, Jennifer L. Cree, Howard W. Robertson IV, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0589-NAC
Failure to follow written notice requirements to exercise investment option was waived where defendants acted to delay or obstruct plaintiff's efforts to exercise the option despite multiple oral notices of intent to exercise.
Publication Date: 2024-06-25
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Education | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J. Adams, Ankita Sangwan, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dean S. Kristy, Jennifer C. Bretan, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Felix S. Lee, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA; Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy E. Hoeffner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0180-PAF
Company's proxy statement was not materially misleading where company was not obligated to state that customers used the company's products to cheat and use of products in that manner was reasonably foreseeable.
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.
Publication Date: 2024-06-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Matthew D. Perri, Daniel E. Kaprow, Elizabeth J. Freud, Alfred P. Dillione, Rae Ra, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2024-0311-LWW
Court ordered a bond due to the potential for defendant suffering financial losses in connection with a status quo order that restricted defendant from transferring securities it was set to receive.
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Publication Date: 2024-06-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Agriculture | Consulting | Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0139-MTZ
Plaintiff sufficiently pled breach of fiduciary duty claims where the parties' operating agreement did not expressly permit fiduciaries to compete against the company or engage in self-interested transactions, but merely allowed managers to engage in other business opportunities.
Publication Date: 2024-06-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Insurance
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Jacob D. Jeifa, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: S. Mark Hurd, Lauren K. Neal, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0150-JTL
Although founder pre-approval requirements violated provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, founders' post-lawsuit agreement to defer to unanimous approval of independent director committee was a sufficient mechanism to defeat facial challenges to the requirements.
Publication Date: 2024-06-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Glenn R. McGillivray, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Caleb G. Johnson, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, Thomas C. Mandracchia, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Ryan D. Stottmann, Miranda N. Gilbert, Jacob M. Perrone, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rudolf Koch, John D. Hendershot, Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2018-0408-KSJM
Court denied plaintiff's motions to expedite resolution of post-trial issues based on defendants' assertion that an upcoming shareholder proxy vote would not affect the litigation.
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.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, Benny C. Goodman III, Andrew W. Hutton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Gladriel Shobe, Jarrod Shobe, Shobe & Shobe, LLP, Provo, UT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Nicole M. Henry, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, John Williams, Tyler Infinger, Bryan Czako, William Donnelly, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0664-MTZ
Plaintiff adequately pled breach of contractual duty of good faith when general partner concealed information indicating that equityholders lacked legal leverage to force a settlement payment for the loss of tax receivable agreement rights in exchange for their approval of the corporate conversion.
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