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Publication Date: 2024-07-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE, special magistrate;
for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Harry W. Shenton, IV, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger McDermott LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for receiver.
Case Number: 12843-VCL
Court overruled receiver's objections to special magistrate's report on allegations of wrongdoing by receiver where the recommendations did not violate receiver's constitutional rights by remarking on receiver's invocation of Fifth Amendment privilege in a context that would not result in self-incrimination and did not recommend that receiver be convicted of a crime.
Publication Date: 2024-07-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Spencer V. Crawford, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Glenn Kurtz, Andrew Hammond, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Paul J. Lockwood, Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-1118-MTZ
Court dismissed derivative complaint where stockholder failed to show that a majority of the board faced personal liability for willfully ignoring deficiencies in corporate oversight systems or signs the company faced a strong likelihood of corporate trauma.
Publication Date: 2024-07-23
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian Tuttle, pro se plaintiff;
for defendant: Jordan Darga, pro se plaintiff for plaintiffs. Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0957-LWW
Court found plaintiffs to be inadequate class representatives because they either simultaneously pursued individual claims that created a conflict of interest or because they were pro se litigants unqualified to represent a class.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Brennan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew L. Cole, Stacy L. Newman, Michael E. Fitzpatrick, Nathaniel J. Klepser, Cole Schotz PC, Wilmington, DE; J. Michael Pardoe, Cole Schotz PC, Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Marc Casarino, Katie Barksdale, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-02-086 DJB
Investment fraud claims failed where alleged misrepresentations did not constitute actionable fraud and plaintiffs could not plead justifiable reliance due to their failure as sophisticated parties to conduct due diligence into the company's financials and business operations.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: 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
Fiduciary claims allowed to proceed where majority of board's dual fiduciary role with parent and subsidiaries created a conflict of interest preventing consideration of litigation demand, and where plaintiff lacked inquiry notice until parent made public disclosures.
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Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Construction | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Tammy L. Mercer, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Andrew J. Cazerkawski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Johnathan D. Schiller, Thomas H. Sosnowski, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden J. Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Charles H. Sangree, Caitlin E. Jokubaitis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Christopher D. Porter, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2024-0274-SG
Court declined to enjoin contractual alternative dispute resolution process where parties agreed to submit validity of post-closing cap-ex budget to independent consultant for expert review, where consultant was empowered to conduct independent analysis of company's financial records.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Richard C. Weinblatt, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Schwartz, Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Massengill, Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-08-206 MAA CCLD
Claims connected to the process of calculation and payment fell within scope of parties' limited arbitration clause covering the calculation of payment for acquired company following post-closing true-up.
Publication Date: 2024-07-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Schwartz, John Vielandi, Labaton Keller Sucharow, New York, NY; Aaron T. Morris, Leonid Kandinov, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Sarah R. Martin, Ryan M. Lindsay, Lauren M. Griffith, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-1073-NAC
Court dismissed former stockholder's fiduciary duty claim arising from breach of merger agreement leading to reduced merger consideration where the reduced price still provided a premium over the stock price and the stockholders approved the merger in an informed vote.
Publication Date: 2024-07-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena C. Norman, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young, Conaway, Stargatt, and Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Michael Kendall, White & Case LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-10-212 MAA CCLD
Court declined to dismiss fraud claims in connection with stock purchase agreement where buyer adequately pled that defendant controllers were in a position to know of the fraudulent nature of seller's financials and where the company's alleged unlawful bookkeeping practices violated representations and warranties in the SPA.
Publication Date: 2024-07-02
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Holloway, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christine M. Mackintosh, Esquire Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Amy M. Dudash, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2017-0346-LWW
Court declined to award pre-judgment/pre-trial interest on rescissory damages as judgment creditor was not deprived of its funds and defendant was being ordered to disgorge the benefits he accrued by usurping creditor's corporate opportunities.
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