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  • In re Anaplan, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Schwartz, John Vielandi, Labaton Keller Sucharow, New York, NY; Aaron T. Morris, Leonid Kandinov, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Sarah R. Martin, Ryan M. Lindsay, Lauren M. Griffith, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-1073-NAC

    Court dismissed former stockholder's fiduciary duty claim arising from breach of merger agreement leading to reduced merger consideration where the reduced price still provided a premium over the stock price and the stockholders approved the merger in an informed vote.

  • Matrix Parent, Inc. v. Audax Mgmt. Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena C. Norman, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young, Conaway, Stargatt, and Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Michael Kendall, White & Case LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-10-212 MAA CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss fraud claims in connection with stock purchase agreement where buyer adequately pled that defendant controllers were in a position to know of the fraudulent nature of seller's financials and where the company's alleged unlawful bookkeeping practices violated representations and warranties in the SPA.

  • Trifecta Multimedia Holdings Inc. v. WCG Clinical Serv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Holley E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; David S. Flugman, Lauren J. Zimmerman, Korey Boehm, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Jackson, Ashley Moore Drake, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ariel E. Rogers, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA; Lauren E. Jackson, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
    Case Number: 2023-0699-JTL

    Statements that did not constitute mere puffery were sufficient to state a fraud claim where plaintiff adequately alleged defendant's scienter and where the parties' contract lacked an anti-reliance clause.

  • Jaroslawicz v. M&T Bank Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis J. Murphy, Jr., Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy, Spadaro & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, Benjamin M. Mather, Matthew R. Williams, Kauffman, Coren & Ress, P.C, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Janet A. Gochman, Tyler A. Anger, V. Noah Gimbel, Katherine A. Hardiman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Daniel Rusk, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy Richelle High, Scott A. Foltz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 15-00897-EJW

    Court did not err in denying class certification where its rulings did not constitute an impermissible "prediction" of plaintiffs' success on the merits and where there was no authority precluding the court from considering loss causation.

  • Yeransian v. Markel Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Rendell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-2234

    Court affirmed summary judgment dismissal of claims where they were collaterally estopped by satisfied arbitration award that resolved the parties' dispute over valuation of deferred compensation payments.

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  • CURO Intermediate Holdings Corp. v. Sparrow Purchaser, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Accounting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas P. Will, Rachel R. Tunney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard T. Marooney, Emma S. Nguyen, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey S. Rosenberg, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Nicholas J. Rohrer, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alex B. Haims, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christina Golden Ademola, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY; Robert W. May, Michael Komorowski, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0371-NAC

    Court found no need for judicial interpretation where parties' dispute over working capital calculation merely involved a GAAP issue, and thus the dispute was properly resolved by an independent accountant under the parties' contractual dispute resolution provision.

  • In re Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Automotive | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Bradford deLeeuw, deLeeuw Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Schubert, Willem F. Jonckheer, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James W. Ducayet, Heather Benzmiller Sultanian, Thomas H. Collier, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0571-LWW

    Breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from de-SPAC transaction dismissed where claims were based on post-merger developments and thus there was no evidence that defendants failed to disclose material information to public stockholders considering redemption or investment.

  • Firefighters Pension Sys. of the City of Kansas City, Missouri Trust v. Found. Bldg. Materials, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, Jason W. Rigby, Seth T. Ford, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, J. Daniel Albert, Kevin M. Kennedy, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Mason, Elizabeth Wang, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. Gordon, Alexia D. Korberg, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Matthew D. Perri, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Matthew S. Connors, Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Daniel G. Paterno, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry G. Sher, Kevin P. Broughel, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Leah E. León, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Elena C. Norman, James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian M. Lutz, George B. Adams III, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Colin B. Davis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0466-JTL

    Court declined to dismiss non-exculpated fiduciary claims where defendants had a clear conflict of interest between continuing to operate the company or sell it and receive a valuable termination payment.

  • BV Advisory Partners, LLC v. Quantum Computing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Education | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas S. Biemer, Patrick M. Northen, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Hecht, Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0719-SG

    Investor's contractual claims arising from company's acquisition failed where investor failed to adequately plead a frustration of its contractual rights by defendants or the existence of such rights under the parties' agreements.

  • BitGo Holdings, Inc. v. Galaxy Digital Holdings, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Brian Timmons, David M. Grable, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David Cooper, Deborah K. Brown, Nathan Goralnik, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Ditchfield, Brian M. Burnovski, Pascale Bibi, Kyra Macy Kaufman, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY; Neal Kumar Katyal, Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., Dennis H. Tracey, III, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 2022-0808

    Court remanded for reconsideration of interpretation of contractual requirement using extrinsic evidence where both parties proffered reasonable interpretations of the provision.