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Publication Date: 2024-09-03
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan H. Townsend, Aaron P. Sayers, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rachel B. Cowen, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL; Morris J. Fodeman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, NY; Jeffery S. Hood, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nimalka Wickramasekera, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Brian J. Nisbet, Elizabeth S. Deshaies, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, John C. Sanders, Jr., Winston & Strawn LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2017-0720-SG
Failure to disclose passive investment in competitor did not by itself constitute a breach of loyalty where there was no evidence executive acted against his employer's interests, used the investment to obtain an advantage, or had a conflict of interest.
Publication Date: 2024-09-03
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Neil R. Lapinski, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0671-MTZ
Although a corporation that was void before filing suit meant it lacked authority to pursue litigation and thus rendered the final judgment in the suit likely void, the court lacked the authority to sua sponte set aside the judgment absent fraud upon the court.
Publication Date: 2024-09-03
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Clarkson Collins, Albert J. Carroll, Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles J. Harder, Ryan J. Stonerock, Steven H. Frackman, Jordan A. Gonzales, Harder Stonerock LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Stephen Shaw, Beverly Hills, CA, pro se defendant.
Case Number: 2018-0398-NAC
Court declined to award rescissory damages in default judgment where plaintiffs' operative complaint had only sought compensatory damages, since allowing a plaintiff to change their theory of recovery post-default was unfair to a defendant who may have rationally chosen to default.
Publication Date: 2024-09-03
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, Thomas P. Will, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Antonio Yanez, Jr., Brady Sullivan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Alexander L. Cheney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Krista M. Enns, Edward C. Wipper, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2019-0412-NAC
Court enforced contractual specific remedy provision where breaching party offered no persuasive argument for disregarding the clause and ordered the breaching party to perform at the value the warrant to purchase shares had at the time of its breach.
Publication Date: 2024-08-27
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rudolf Koch, Nicholas F. Mastria, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A, Wilmington, DE; Adam Slutsky, Godwin Proctor, LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Tammy L. Mercer, Jillian A. Tyson, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Wilmington, DE; N. Thomas Connallly, III, Christopher T. Pickens, Patrick T. Michael, and Samuel W. Yergin, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Tysons, VA for defendant.
Case Number: 2024-0261-PRW
Court found no breach of an exclusivity provision in a letter of intent where the provision merely prohibited soliciting proposals for a sale of the subject business, rather than communications about a potential transaction, and announcing consideration of strategic alternatives did not rise to the level of a firm solicitation.
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Publication Date: 2024-08-27
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Horan
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Case Number: 23-11240 (TMH)
Court authorized unsecured creditors committee to pursue fraudulent transfer claims against first-priority secured creditor where it allegedly forced debtor to concede financial control that the secured creditor used to obtain potentially avoidable transactions.
Publication Date: 2024-08-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Electronics | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sarah T. Andrade, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Domenico Minerva, Joseph Cotilletta, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; David M. Cooper, Silpa Maruri, George T. Phillips, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; William R. Sears, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chad Johnson, Noam Mandel, Desiree Cummings, Robert Gerson, Jonathan Zweig, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Christopher M. Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for appellee.
Case Number: 349, 2023
Court upheld counsel fee of 26 percent of $1 billion settlement where Delaware disfavored per se rules governing reasonableness of fee awards and chancery court adequately explained the reasonable value of the award.
Publication Date: 2024-08-20
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consulting | Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lawrence P. Eagel, Melissa Fortunato, Marion C. Passmore, Brandon Walker, Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel J. Kramer, Andrew J. Ehrlich, Robert N. Kravitz, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Michael A. Pittenger, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Caneel Radinson-Blasucci, Camilia R. Katkocin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sandra C. Goldstein, Stefan Atkinson, Kevin M. Neylan, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1191-LWW
Court denied relief from dismissed action where "newly discovered evidence" was available to plaintiff long before it filed its initial derivative complaint.
Publication Date: 2024-08-20
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lisa M. Zwally, Bryan T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0985-KSJM ("AMFI I")
Court denied reargument of decision finding waiver of claim where plaintiff failed to brief the claim aside from a single reference in its papers.
Publication Date: 2024-08-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Samuel D. Cordle, Anthony R. Sarna, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, Adam D. Gold, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 2022-0344-JTL
Court relied on deal price as corporation's fair market value during appraisal where the price operated as a floor on company value due to errors by the CEO that left value on the table.
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