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Minority Stockholder Was Not a Controller Because Plaintiff Did Not Adequately Plead Actual Control of the Company's Business Affairs

The actual control theory is "not easy to satisfy." In its recent decision, Scianella v. AstraZeneca UK Limited, C.A. No. 2023-0125-PAF (Del. Ch. July 8, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery emphasized that plaintiffs have a steep burden even at the pleadings stage to demonstrate actual control.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Court Opinion in 'Centrella v. Avantor': A Continuation of Expanding Advancement Rights

The recent decision by Delaware Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook in Centrella v. Avantor Inc. continues a notable trend in Delaware jurisprudence, emphasizing the broad application of advancement rights.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Controlling Stockholder Transactions That Do Not Involve a Freeze-Out Merger May Satisfy MFW to Obtain Business Judgment Review

Since MFW, the Court of Chancery has applied the MFW framework to assess the standard of review of controlling stockholder transactions that did not involve a freeze-out merger, which commentators have referred to as "MFW creep."
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

With Our Powers Combined, the Delaware Bar Could Soon Reflect the State's Population

It is no secret that significant work remains necessary to achieve diversity in the legal profession that is reflective of the population it serves and, like many other states, Delaware has its fair share of work cut out for it.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Confirms Arbitration Award Resulting in Negative Purchase Price

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.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Finds Governance Provisions of a Pre-IPO Stockholders' Agreement Invalid for Transgressing DGCL

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.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Court of Chancery Dismisses Fiduciary Duty Claims Related to Self-Tender Offer

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.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

'MFW' Just Turned 10, but Is It Worth the Candle?

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.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder Primacy in Delaware Corporation Law: Court of Chancery Makes Clear That Delaware Law Assumes 'Single-Firm Model'

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.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Reviews SPAC Precedents and Dismisses Complaint for Failure to Show Impairment of Stockholders' Redemption Rights

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.
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