• Deutsch v. ZST Digital Networks, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Hardware
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, III, Halloran Farkas & Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Graff, Robins Kaplan LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for receiver
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorney for non-parties.

    Case Number: D68191

    Foreign national officers of Delaware corporation could be subject to contempt proceedings in Section 220 action pursuant to statutory personal jurisdiction and privity with corporation.

  • The Marilyn Abrams Living Trust v. Pope Inv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr. and Jeffrey R. Blackwood for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman for defendants.

    Case Number: D68180

    A party that was awarded expenses under the bad faith exception to the American Rule was not entitled to re-cover expenses incurred on a subsequent appeal, nor was it able to recover additional fees incurred at the trial level.

  • Capone v. LDH Mgmt Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Dreisbach and Ryan P. Durkin, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Stephen L. Urbanczyk, Paul Mogin, Steven M. Cady, and Matthew H. Blumenstein, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., T. Brad Davey, and Seth R. Tangman, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Ditchfield, David B. Toscano, Edward Fu, and Sagar D. Thakur, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68134

    Cancellation certificate nullified where LLC failed to set aside reserve for viable, non-frivolous claims that it had knowledge of.

  • Weil v. VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo and Elizabeth A. Mullin for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sara E. Bussiere, Scott A. Edelman and Alan J. Stone for defendant.

    Case Number: D68061

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement for legal fees incurred on their behalf in civil lawsuits.

  • In re: TransPerfect Global, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Christopher N. Kelly, Jaclyn C. Levy, and Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip S. Kaufman, Ronald S. Greenberg, Marjorie E. Sheldon, and Jared I. Heller, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for petitioner
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina LLC, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Ladig and Brett M. McCartney, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David B. Goldstein, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, NY; Jeremy D. Eicher, Eicher Law LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for respondents.

    Case Number: D68056

    Sale of petitioners interest in company to co-founder and opposing party approved, where custodian conducting sale enjoyed independence due to indemnification and advancement rights, and where petitioners objections to sale apparently motivated by animus toward opposing party.

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  • Garza v. Citigroup Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad. J. Bracegirdle, Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Arun J. Mohan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68040

    Claim for accounting properly dismissed where estate failed to plead existence of fiduciary duty between decedent and bank, or basis to pierce corporate veil between bank and its parent.

  • IRA Trust FBO Bobbie Ahmed v. Crane

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, and David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY; Jason M. Leviton and Joel Fleming, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian C. Ralston, Andrew H. Sauder, and Matthew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68030

    Business judgment rule applied to controlling stockholders equity reclassification that perpetuated its control, where controller sought approval of special committee of disinterested, independent directors and of informed, unaffiliated stockholders.

  • Richard B. Gamberg 2007 Family Trust v. United Restaurant Group, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric M. Andersen for plaintiff
    for defendant: Rebecca L. Butcher, Joseph D. Wright and Travis J. Ferguson for defendant Atlantic Coast Dining, Inc. and individual defendants; Frank E. Noyes and Joyce A. Kuhns for defendant United Restaurant Group, L.P.

    Case Number: D68035

    Plaintiff failed to set forth facts sufficient to support a claim for reformation of a partnership agreement.

  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • In re: Geneius Biotechnology, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam G. Landis, Rebecca L. Butcher, James S. Green, Jr., and Matthew R. Pierce, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for petitioner
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio and Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Francis J. Early and Kaitlyn A. Crowe, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY, attorneys for respondent.

    Case Number: D67991

    Appointment of receiver denied where petitioner failed to establish companys insolvency, due to its ability to obtain further financing to continue operations.