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.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | April 30, 2024
The Vice Chancellor said won't speed its consideration of a motion that could lift restrictions on shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | April 26, 2024
The Boy Scouts of America, which filed for Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware in February 2020 and has since had a reorganization plan confirmed, faced more abuse claims than had been brought in any bankruptcy case before. A new bill in Congress would address such cases.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Chandra K. Shih, Alyssa Frederick and Sara Uz | April 24, 2024
In this article, we have focused on entities available under Delaware law. Delaware public benefit corporations (PBCs) emerged in 2013 and have become especially popular as a result of the increased demand for socially conscious business practices, combined with the familiar reliability of Delaware corporate law.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | April 10, 2024
The dispute over advance notice bylaws has triggered similar lawsuits from other corporations.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lewis H. Lazarus | April 10, 2024
As demonstrated by Harrison Metal Capital III v. Mathe, failure to assert well-pleaded allegations showing that a majority of the board is disabled from disinterestedly and independently evaluating whether to bring an action is fatal to a stockholder derivative claim.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | April 8, 2024
"The Delaware courts are going to continue to have a lot of skepticism when it comes to conflicted controller transactions," Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson senior counsel Gail Weinstein said.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Cliff C. Gardner and TJ Rivera | March 27, 2024
"Fueled by hindsight bias," Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will explained, Caremark suits have "proliferated in Delaware" seeking to hold directors personally liable for imperfect efforts, operational struggles and business decisions. But, the court noted, a stockholder's position that the board's response to a corporate crisis merely "came too late and did too little" is insufficient under Caremark, which requires a showing that directors acted in bad faith.
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.
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