Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Jason J. Mendro, Andrew S. Tulumello and Lissa M. Percopo | July 17, 2019
Plaintiffs and defendants alike may have thought they felt tremors ripple through the legal system last month when, for the first time, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed dismissal of derivative claims based on an alleged failure to monitor in Marchand v. Barnhill.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. | July 17, 2019
An “allegation that a transaction involves a controlling stockholder who stands on both sides is a serious one because it imposes fiduciary duties on the controlling stockholder and potentially strips directors of the deferential business judgment rule.”
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner | July 10, 2019
In Sider, Vice Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick rejected the request for interlocutory review, reasoning that the defendant could not establish one of the elements of the interlocutory appeal standard: “that there is no just reason for denying the appeal.”
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Julie B. Palley | July 10, 2019
The entire fairness standard requires directors to demonstrate that both the amount of compensation and the process by which the compensation is determined is “entirely fair” to the company.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lewis H. Lazarus | July 3, 2019
Since the Delaware Supreme Court's 2015 Corwin decision, practitioners in merger transactions have been able to advise clients that a transaction otherwise subject to enhanced scrutiny could be subject to business judgment review if the transaction is approved by a majority of fully informed, noncoerced shareholders.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | July 3, 2019
In Shareholder Representative Services v. RSI Holdco, Vice Chancellor Kathleen McCormick addressed the question of when a buyer may use the acquired company's privileged, pre-merger attorney-client communications in post-closing litigation against the seller?
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Michael R. Lastowski | June 19, 2019
Fee shifting is always the exception, rather than the rule, and a party may reasonably expect that each party will bear its own costs. In receivership actions, the receivership will usually bear its own costs.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Q&A
By Justin T. Kelton | June 12, 2019
Justin T. Kelton is a partner at Abrams Fensterman in New York, focusing on commercial litigation. He frequently represents clients in business disputes requiring application of Delaware law by New York courts.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Robert B. Greco | June 12, 2019
In Stein v. Blankfein, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued one of its first opinions addressing director compensation following the Delaware Supreme Court's ruling in In re Investors Bancorp Stockholder Litigation.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | June 5, 2019
In Jalbert v. Flanagan (In re F-Squared Investment Management), the trustee of a liquidating trust sought to avoid bonus payments by the debtors as fraudulent conveyances.
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