• Carr v. Global Payments, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss and Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter L. Welsh and Paul S. Kellogg, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: T. Brad Davey and Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David L. Feinberg and Fredric J. Bold, Jr., Bondurant Mixon & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68815

    Former employer's amendment of breach of contract claim to remove all references to misuse of confidential information brought the claim outside the scope of the employer's indemnification obligations to its former employee for litigation that pertained to the employee's role as a director and officer.

  • In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randal J. Baron, David A. Knotts and Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Down LLP, San Diego, CA and Nashville, TN; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo and Gregory Del Gaizo, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for lead plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Richard J. Thomas, Benjamin M. Potts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter A. Wald, Blair Connelly and Rachel J. Rodriguez, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY for defendants Ellison and Catz. Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo, Thomas P. Will and Corinne R. Moini, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara B. Brody, Jaime A. Bartlett and Matthew J. Dolan, Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, CA and Palo Alto, CA for defendants Hurd Estate, Henley, Conrades, James, Panetta, Boskin, Berg, Garcia-Molina, Seligman, Chizen and Bingham. A. Thompson Bayliss and E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John W. Spiegel, George M. Garvey and John M. Gildersleeve, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant Goldberg. Andrew S. Dupre, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Feldman and Christopher D. Kercher, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulli-van LLP, Redwood Shores, CA and New York, NY for defendant Nelson. Thomas A. Beck, Blake Rohrbacher, Susan M. Han-nigan, Matthew D. Perri and Daniel E. Kaprow, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for nominal defendant Ora-cle Corp.

    Case Number: D68809

    Where a special litigation committee concluded that a litigation asset should be turned over to the lead plaintiff to pursue a derivative action on behalf of the corporation, plaintiff was entitled to all relevant documents considered by the committee.

  • Carr v. Global Payments Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Retail | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss and Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter L. Welsh and Paul S. Kellogg, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: T. Brad Davey and Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Rosenwasser and Fredric J. Bold, Jr., Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68766

    Advancement mooted where former employer amended underlying breach of employment agreement claim to remove all allegations of misconduct arising from former employee's corporate role or powers.

  • Donnelly v. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington DE; Randall J. Baron, David. T. Wissbroecker, Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA and Nashville, TN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross and S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter L. Welsh, Christian Reigstad, and Mary Zhou, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D68759

    Stockholder demonstrated entitlement to a Section 220 inspection by alleging facts sufficient to raise an inference that company used their control position to extract a unique benefit from the merger to support stockholder's claim of breach of fiduciary duties.

  • Morris v. Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry and Michael T. Manuel, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews and Craig J. Springer, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy Friedman, Spender Oster and David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Ronald N. Brown, III, Ryan M. Lindsay, Noelle M. Reed, Daniel S. Mayerfeld and Alston L. Walker, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE and Houston, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D68737

    The value of a derivative claim was not material in the context of a merger, so plaintiff lacked standing in this class action.

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  • MKE Holdings Ltd. v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John F. Hartmann and Abdus Samad Pardesi, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants and nominal defendant.

    Case Number: D68730

    A limited liability company's operating agreement waived any fiduciary duty on the part of its members, and instead imposed a good faith standard.

  • NuVasive, Inc. v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr. and Aaron P. Sayers, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Rachel B. Cowen, Michael J. Sheehan and Emory D. Moore, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL; Christopher W. Cardwell, Gullet, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, Nash-ville, TN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Micha Danzig, Eric J. Eastham and Paul M. Huston, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68699

    Although the parties' employment contract contained a choice of law provision in favor of Delaware, another state's public policy disfavored restraints on trade, so that state had a materially greater interest than Delaware with respect to the contract's non-solicitation and non-compete provisions.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68682

    The chancery court, as a court of equity, could not enjoin future defamatory statements.

  • Manti Holdings, LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Samuel A. Nolen, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D68680

    Sophisticated stockholders could contractually waive statutory appraisal rights for a future transaction not yet contemplated where such waiver was expressly clear.

  • GMF ELCM Fund L.P. v. ELCM HCRE GP LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross and Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Amsel, Matthew R. Friedenberg, and Thomas G. James, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross and Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for receiver.

    Case Number: D67675

    Judicial dissolution of limited partnership granted where principal manager demonstrated unwillingness or inability to operate business based on repeated refusals to work with court-appointed receiver or comply with court orders.