The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence J. Kotler and Elisa Hyder | March 22, 2024
Small businesses seeking to reorganize should be mindful of this growing area of case law as they weigh their different reorganization options including, importantly, where they choose to reorganize and what type of reorganization chapter they should pursue.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sandra Jones | March 18, 2024
SNTs are usually for the most vulnerable of structured settlement payees as a trusted means of asset protection. SNTs will receive the periodic payments directly from the annuity issuer, and the SNT trustees have a fiduciary duty to spend the trust situs for the benefit of each beneficiary.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Brandon R. Harper | March 6, 2024
In a recent memorandum opinion dismissing a suit brought by stockholders derivatively on behalf of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Walgreens), Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a reminder of the "narrow confines" in which a successful Caremark claim lives.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | March 6, 2024
In Ramco Asset Management v. USA Rare Earth, 2023 WL 6939263 (Del. Ch. Oct. 20, 2023), Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III considered jurisdictional…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | February 27, 2024
Continuing our series on distressed real estate cases, we again decided to report on two cases that present different issues. One involves the debtor's sale of real estate over the objection of the secured lender, which was approved. The other involves a debtor's attempt to enjoin a construction bond company from continuing to pay claims by subcontractors after the filing of the bankruptcy case, which was denied.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Molly DiBianca | February 21, 2024
In Cantor Fitzgerald v. Ainslie, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the validity of a post-employment restriction in a limited partnership agreement. The decision overturned the ruling of the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidating a forfeiture-for-competition provision, which permitted the partnership to withhold distributions to partners who voluntarily withdrew from and then competed with the partnership.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ashleigh Taylor | February 14, 2024
The most salient element of the CTA for legal practitioners is the definition of the "company applicant" and the required disclosure that this individual is mandated to provide. Understanding and interpreting this definition thrusts law firms into a complex decision-making process, raising fundamental questions about their internal processes, the kind of personal information they are prepared to submit, and, most importantly, how they interact with their clients.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller | February 14, 2024
In Grabski v. Andreessen, the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss fiduciary claims against officers and directors of Coinbase Global, Inc. who sold shares in a going-public transaction.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Brenden S. Dahrouge | February 9, 2024
The now infamous Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), once a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency company, has reemerged in a dispute over this very important issue. On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that the plain text of Section 1104(c)(2) mandates the appointment of an examiner under the specified conditions set forth.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Albert H. Manwaring IV | February 7, 2024
In the court's recent decision, Icahn Partners v. Francis deSouza, the plaintiff Icahn stockholders sought to use privileged and confidential information shared with them by their designated director in a complaint, asserting direct and derivative fiduciary claims against other directors.
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