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  • Chen v. Taipei Amer. Sch. Found, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherin A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; H. Gregory Baker, Jayce Nadipuram, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Harvey J. Wolkoff, Matthew Mazzotta, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0926-MTZ

    The court denied defendant nonprofit's motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff adequately pled that defendant board members had violated their fiduciary duties and 8 Del C. §109 by restricting the general members' ability to make, amend, or repeal bylaws.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Court declined to dismiss case against defendants under forum non conveniens where there was no earlier-filed similar action and the court had already established personal jurisdiction over defendants.

  • In re Orbit/FR, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, G. Mason Thomson, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ashley R. Altschuler, Ethan H. Townsend, Harrison S. Carpenter, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Henry E. Gallagher Jr., Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2018-0340-SG

    Allegations of a personal relationship between special committee director and potentially interested director were insufficient to impute a conflict of interest to the special committee director, whose independence was not challenged by any personal interest in the merger transaction or bad faith actions.

  • In re McDonald's Corp. Stockholder Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Christine M. Mackintosh, Rebecca A. Musarra, Vivek Upadhya, Michael D. Bell, Grant & Eisenhoffer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barbara J. Hart, Grant & Eisenhoffer P.A., New York, NY; Geoffrey M. Johnson, Scott + Scott Attorneys At Law LLP, Cleveland Heights, OH; Jing-Li Yu, Scott + Scott Attorneys At Law LLP, New York, NY; Max R. Huffman, Scott + Scott Attorneys At Law LLP, San Diego, CA; Jeffrey M. Norton, Benjamin D. Baker, Newman Ferrara LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Garrett B. Moritz, S. Reiko Rogozen, Holly E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald L. Olson, George M. Garvey, Robert L. Dell Angelo, Brian R. Boessenecker, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel C. Herr, Law Offices of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shawn P. Naunton, Catherine S. Duval, Leila Bijan, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Miller, Julie M. O’Dell, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0324-JTL

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff shareholders successfully pled facts sufficient to establish a claim for breach of fiduciary duty arising out of a corporate vice president's behavior consisting of condoning sexual harassment and breaching the duty of oversight.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Accounting | Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Person serving in role akin to corporate officer could be served under the Delaware Officer Consent Statute even without formally accepting a title.

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  • Coronado Coal II, LLC v. Blackhawk Land & Res., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Grivner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Gretchen Jankowski, Jordan Webster, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Pittsburg, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John Sensing, Carson Bartlett, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; M. Shane Harvey, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV for defendant.
    Case Number: 2022-0039-AML

    Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to resolve procedural arbitrability claims where those claims did not implicate the fundamental fairness of the arbitration as the parties' contract expressly gave one side the ability to appoint both arbitrators after the other party had expressly refused to appoint its own arbitrator.

  • Fairstead Capital Mgmt. LLC v. Blodgett

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Stottmann, Thomas P. Will, Morris Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Rollo C. Baker, Jonathan Feder, Alison Lo, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Holly E. Newell, A. Gage Whirley, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jacob W. Budchdahl, Elisha B. Barron, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: 2022-0673-JTL

    The court granted plaintiffs' request for summary judgment and a permanent injunction barring defendant from litigating claims he pursued through arbitration.

  • In Re Orbit/FR, Inc. v. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, G. Mason Thompson, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ashley R. Altschuler, Ethan H. Townsend, Harrison S. Carptenter, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Henry E. Gallagher Jr., Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2018-0340-SG

    The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss claims arising out of challenged merger and acquisition.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Although alleged tortious interference was not sufficiently factually related to fiduciary duty claims to support ancillary personal jurisdiction, the court could exercise personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute where the alleged tortious interference with trust involved appointing a Delaware trustee and changing the situs of the trust to Delaware.

  • Principal Growth Strategies, LLC v. AGH Parent LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Consulting | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett D. Fallon, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Warren E. Gluck, Richard A. Bixter, Jr., Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Craig Martin, Amy Evans, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Ellen E. Dew, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Aidan M. McCormack, R. Brian Seibert, Steven M. Rosato, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0431-JTL

    Litigation against distressed insurer stayed in favor of ongoing rehabilitation proceedings in another state, but basis for stay did not apply to insurer's separate, wholly-owned management consultant company.