• In Re Chemours Co. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Robert D. Klausner, Stuart A. Kaufman, Klausner Kaufman Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Kip B. Shuman, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, San Francisco, CA; Rusty E. Glenn, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, Denver, CO; Brett D. Stecker, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, Ardmore, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan M. Moses, Ryan A. McLeod, Justin L. Brooke, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69607

    Plaintiffs failed to allege sufficient facts to support claim of demand futility because it could not show that officers and directors faced substantial liability for approving stock repurchases and dividend payments. Motion to dismiss granted.

  • Ocean Bay Mart, Inc. v. The City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Elizabeth S. Fenton, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69584

    Plaintiff did not reasonably rely on previous city ordinances such that his rights did not become vested.

  • AbbVie Endrocrine Inc. v. Takeda Pharm. Co. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Joseph A. Sparco, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul J. Loh, Jason H. Wilson, Eileen M. Ahern, Amelia L.B. Sargent, Kenneth M. Trujillo-Jamison, Willenken LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Fred A. Kelly, Jr., Joshua S. Barlow, and Tiffany Jang, Haug Partners LLP, Boston, MA; David A. Zwally, Mark Basanta, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Gosselin, Haug Partners LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69558

    Pharmaceutical manufacturer breached supply agreement where its failure to maintain good manufacturing practices caused a shutdown of its production facility, leaving it unable to fulfill firm orders submitted by customer, which manufacturer was required to timely fill.

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

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel E. Ross, Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Amsel, Matthew R. Friedenberg, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph H. Huston, Jr., Stevens & Lee P.C., Wilmington, DE; Robert K. Keach, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME for receiver. Ryan P. Newell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for nominal defendants.

    Case Number: D69561

    Claimant was entitled to indemnification of his litigation expenses, and the court granted his motion to intervene because he had a valid property interest which was not adequately protected by existing parties.

  • In the Matter of the Estate of Sullivan

    Publication Date: 2021-09-29
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Durante, Scott E. Swenson, Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Jason C. Powell, Thomas J. Reichert, The Powell Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: D69550

    The law of decedent's domicile applied with respect to the proceeds of her two individual insurance policies, but Delaware law applied to a group policy.

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  • Ligos v. Isramco, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, Stephen D. Dargitz, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Justin O. Reliford, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven Guggenheim, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA; S. Mark Hurd, Daniel T. Menken, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Amy Pharr Hefley, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX; Bradley R. Aronstam, Adam D. Gold, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69535

    Business judgment review at the pleadings stage denied where minority stockholders were not informed that controller standing on both sides of cash-out merger transaction had also participated in an arbitration that would affect the value assets that made up a critical component of the company's overall value, thereby supporting an inference that the stockholder approval was uninformed.

  • Buttonwood Tree Value Partners, L.P. v. R.L. Polk & Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Dorey, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher M. Mason, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York, NY; Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69502

    Common interest doctrine could not support privilege for withheld documents that were shared by controlling stockholder and company chairman/president/CEO where evidence demonstrated that the controller also was acting to benefit his other controlling stockholder family members through the proposed self-tender transaction.

  • Houseman v. Sagerman

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric M. Andersen, Andersen Sleater Sianni LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69488

    Standard of review of a shareholders' representative's actions was subjective good faith where the representative was not a corporate fiduciary but instead was contractually limited to only take those actions the representative considered necessary to carry out the company's contractual obligations.

  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Damon B. Ferrara, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69464

    Transfer of an ownership interest in a Delaware entity by itself was insufficient to constitute sufficient minimum contacts to support the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over the foreign transferor and transferee.

  • Angel v. Warrior Met Coal Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julia B. Klein, Klein LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew F. Davis, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen M. Baldini, Brian Carney, Stephanie Lindemuth, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69462

    Breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion claims, arising from debtor's failure to exercise his rights to receive distribution pursuant to bankruptcy court order, failed where debtor had not identified a contract or fiduciary duty for defendants to ensure he had notice of the condition precedent to debtor receiving the distribution.