Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Vincent J. Cannizzaro III, Aarish Sheikh and Justin Larsen | July 17, 2024
As the Delaware Chancery Court's recent decision in SM Buyer v. RMP Seller Holdings demonstrates, the deference afforded to an arbitrator may result in decisions with which a reviewing court may disagree but that the court is nonetheless bound to confirm.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Michael Gonen | July 10, 2024
While the Delaware General Corporate Law (DGCL) is a broadly enabling statute, a number of recent decisions have found limits to parties' ability to renegotiate internal corporate governance by "private ordering" outside of the corporate charter and bylaws.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | July 3, 2024
In August 2022, Giant/Alpha allegedly used its controlling position in Playtika to cause the Playtika board to engage in a self-tender. In a previous ruling, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock found that the transaction conferred Giant/Alpha a nonratable benefit and denied Giant/Alpha's motion to dismiss claims against it arising from the transaction.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller and Brian T.M. Mammarella | July 3, 2024
Practitioners generally lauded MFW as a welcome development that rebalanced the litigation risk landscape in a manner that enabled controlled companies to pursue a greater range of value-maximizing transactions. And in the decade that followed, many companies have taken advantage of the MFW framework to do just that.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Howard W. Robertson IV | June 19, 2024
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently had the opportunity to weigh in on a plaintiff's unique theory of director and officer fiduciary duties arising out of the stakeholder capitalism model of corporate governance.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By K. Tyler O'Connell | June 19, 2024
In the recent decision of In re Hennessy Capital Acquisition IV Shareholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery observed that the ensuing "abundance of SPAC fiduciary duty claims suggests that stockholder plaintiffs have taken notice," and that SPAC litigation had become "ubiquitous" in the court.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Molly DiBianca | May 29, 2024
If the final rule is upheld, Delaware's approach to employment-related restrictive covenants will change significantly.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barnaby Grzaslewicz | May 22, 2024
Parties to transaction agreements often choose Delaware as the exclusive forum for disputes arising out of their transactions. This is common, where the parties are from diffuse geographic locations, but desire a single forum well-versed in corporate and commercial law—like Delaware—to resolve their disputes.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Albert J. Carroll | May 15, 2024
In re Carvana Stockholders Litigation is another example of a board successfully employing this process to discontinue a derivative suit after directors weighed the pros and cons and made a good faith business judgment to dismiss.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | May 1, 2024
In Pilot v. Greg Abel, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn granted a motion to strike the defenses of unclean hands and in pari delicto because the defenses lacked a sufficient nexus to the contractual claims asserted by the plaintiff.
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