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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.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
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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.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fiorvanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Tayler D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Saxena White P.A, White Plains, NY; Gregory V. Varallo, Berstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE: Mark Lebovitch, Berstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Cliff C. Gardner, Andrew D. Kinsey, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-1030-PAF
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss finding that plaintiffs failed to plead sufficient facts to demonstrate that the business judgment rule should not apply to a complaint challenging a merger transaction between defendant majority stockholder and another company.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Neal C. Belgam, Jason Z. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Anisha Mirchandani, Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Paul J. Loughman, Joseph M. Turk, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark T. Stancil, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Betsy L. Feldman, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0132-MTZ
Because corporate charter established two separate classes of stock rather than one class with two series, stockholder conferred benefit on company by demanding it grant the stockholder's class a separate vote on charter amendments affecting the class, and was accordingly entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and costs.
Publication Date: 2022-12-13
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, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Brad 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, Miranda Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Amy Pharr Hefley, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0435-SG
Special committee directors were dismissed from case challenging merger transaction, where plaintiff could not show that directors lacked independence from corporate controller or had engaged in willful dereliction of duty to the level of bad faith.
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Publication Date: 2022-12-06
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Insurance | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Rodriguez, Andrew D. Bluth, Singleton Schreiber LLP, Sacramento, CA for plaintiffs/counter-claim defendants.
for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Aidan T. Hamilton, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant/counterclaim-plaintiff.
Case Number: 2019-0793-JTL
The court found for plaintiff stockholders who sought a specific performance order compelling a corporation's former CEO to release funds which were held in an escrow account.
Publication Date: 2022-11-22
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Pullara, Houston, TX; Ryan van Steenis, Ajamie LLP, Houston, TX for petitioner.
for defendant: Richard L. Renck, Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 2019-0601-PAF
Court used blended approach of parties' experts calculations of company's fair market value to conduct statutory appraisal, where neither expert persuasively demonstrated that their model's data was inherently reliable although each model did have some reliable features.
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC. Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, IL; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan, Sameer Mathur. Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price.
Case Number: 2021-0518-JTL
The court granted defendants' motions to dismiss in part.
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Retail
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew L. Cole, Jack M. Dougherty, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Klepper, Brendan P. Barry, Cole Schotz, P.C., Hackensack, NJ for plaintiff.
for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Megan I. Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urgan & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eric B. Fisher, Sarah Dowd, Binder & Schwartz LLP, New York, NY; Anna E. Currier, James G. Gorman III, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason A. Snyderman, Charles A. Fitzpatrick, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Shawna J. Henry, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA for defendants.
Case Number: N21C-12-175 MMJ CCLD
Anti-reliance/non-recourse provisions of purchase agreement did not bar fraud claims against non-signatories where plaintiff sufficiently alleged that those parties were complicit in the contracting party's misrepresentations.
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Harris, David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Lessner, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, M. Paige Valeski, Wilmington, DE, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Beth I. Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Chelsea L. Hilliard, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0224-PAF
Fiduciary claims largely dismissed where plaintiffs engaged in group pleading, although the court declined to dismiss claims that specifically pled how controllers usurped a corporate opportunity from the nominal corporate defendant.
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