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Publication Date: 2020-05-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth D. Rigrodsky, Brian D. Long and Gina M. Serra, Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Melinda A. Nicholson and Ni-colas Kravitz of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA for lead plaintiffs.
for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Susan W. Waesco and Riley T. Svikhart, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Susan S. Muck, Catherine D. Kevane, and Marie C. Bafus, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, California for director defendants and nominal defendant GoPro, Inc.
Case Number: D68979
Plaintiffs in this stockholder derivative matter failed to demonstrate demand futility. The court found that demand was not excused, so it granted defendants' motion to dismiss.
Publication Date: 2020-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Briggs, Jr. and Jarett W. Horowitz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; John R. Lund and Adam E. Weinacker, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Catherine G. Dearlove Andrew J. Peach, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott A. Hagen, Gregory S. Roberts, and Beth J. Ranschau, Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C., Salt Lake City, UT for defendants.
Case Number: D68967
Mere participation by LLC minority members in the negotiation of the LLC agreements, without knowledge, intent, or participation to form the LLC specifically in Delaware was insufficient to find the transacting of business in Delaware so as to exercise long-arm personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state minority members.
Publication Date: 2020-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Neal C. Belgam, and Jennifer M. Rutter, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, and Kaitlyn T. Devenyns, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Megan Ward Cascio, Zi-Xiang Shen, and Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68966
Motion to dismiss derivative complaint denied where plaintiff's allegation of an explicit quid pro quo among directors provided sufficient particularity to plead demand futility.
Publication Date: 2020-04-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin F. Cunniff, Ruyak Cherian LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Robert L. Burns, Kevin M. Gallagher, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, and Brian S. Yu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, David F. Crowley-Buck, and Peter M. Wade, Gibson,Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68942
Stockholder's breach of fiduciary duty claim against chairman dismissed where chairman had not exercised authority to reject stockholder's nomination notice, which was instead considered and rejected by the full board.
Publication Date: 2020-04-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consumer Products
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo and Steven R. Wedeking, Rob-bins Arroyo LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam and Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Stephen A. Radin and Thomas G. James, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for individual defendants and nominal corporate defendant.
Case Number: D68947
In this derivative action, plaintiff failed to demonstrate demand futility, so the court granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.
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Publication Date: 2020-04-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Walsh, Jr. and Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Daniel A. Dreisbach, Richard P. Rollo, and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68943
Shareholder derivative complaint dismissed where directors reasonably exercised business judgment to decline to issue dividends and on other issues, such that directors faced no substantial risk of personal liability and could have impartially considered litigation demand.
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consulting
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner and Alberto E. Chávez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Cohen and Stella L. Sainty, Watchel Missry LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Brock E. Czeschin, and Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mariam W. Tadros and Roya Vasseghi, Rees Broome, PC, Tysons Corner, VA; Kellie Budd, Doumar Martin, PLLC, Arlington, VA for defendants.
Case Number: D68926
Claims that arose from defendant's alleged breach of an LLC operating agreement were subject to the agreement's arbitration provision that required arbitration of all disputes among members relating to or arising from the operating agreement.
Publication Date: 2020-03-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Brittany M. Giusini, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wallace G. Hilke, Mark S. Enslin, Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Jeffrey S. Cianciulli, Weir & Partners, Wilmington, DE; Peter N. Kessler, Kutak Rock LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc R. Rosen, Joshua K. Bromberg, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D68910
Derivative fraud and unjust enrichment claims dismissed as duplicative of plaintiffs' direct claims for breach of fiduciary duties and conversion.
Publication Date: 2020-03-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason A. Cincilla, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Ryan W. Browning and Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Pierce, Michael M. Pomerantz, Elizabeth C. DeGori and Matthew J. Kokot, Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lori W. Will, Phillip R. Sumpter, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Jeremy W. Gagas, Dylan J. Liddiard, Charles A. Talpas and Brian J. Levy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE, Palo Alto, CA and New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68907
The court denied a motion to dismiss regarding a director's pre-resignation conduct, but it dismissed the remainder of plain-tiff's contract and tort claims.
Publication Date: 2020-03-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz, Andrews and Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman and David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: D. McKinley Measley ad Elliott Covert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles C. Platt and Andrew Sokol, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68908
The court denied defendant directors' motion to dismiss, because plaintiff adequately alleged that the board was conflicted and the merger transaction was not cleansed by either a fully-informed shareholder vote or by the actions of a special committee.
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