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Publication Date: 2024-08-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Harris, Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Emma K. Diver, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-1053-NAC
Court denied motion to vacate judgment dismissing action to enforce information rights on res judicata grounds where existence of underlying clinical trial data had been known to parties in prior action, where they could have sued to enforce their information rights.
Publication Date: 2024-07-30
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rennie
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David W. Asp, Joseph C. Bourne, R. David Hahn, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; Anne T. Regan, Nathan D. Prosser, Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC, Edina, MN for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Emily V. Burton, Cheol W. Park, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jan M. Conlin, Heather M. McElroy, Patrick A. Cochran, Ciresi Conlin LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-09-005 SKR CCLD
Forward-looking projection could constitute actionable fraud where plaintiffs adequately alleged that the projection was a complete fabrication as defendants lacked the data necessary to calculate a reasonable projection and thus likely fabricated the figures underpinning the projection.
Publication Date: 2024-07-23
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Sussman, Denise Lazar, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John M. Seaman, Florentina D. Field, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Payne, Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Payne & Pudlowski, P.C., St. Louis, MO for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-09-011 EMD CCLD
Buyers waived their fraud claims against sellers by averring in a subsequent letter agreement that buyers' losses arose from sellers' breaches of representations and warranties, and buyers failed to file an indemnity lawsuit within the applicable survival period.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Irene R. Lax, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Teo A. Doremus, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Brett M. Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Nicole M. Henry, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John F. Sylvia, Kerime S. Akoglu, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Sarah E. Delia, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Meredith Kotler, Mary Eaton, Nicholas A. Caselli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0125-PAF
Fiduciary claims against purported controlling stockholder dismissed where plaintiff failed to plead facts demonstrating that stockholder qualified as a controller of the company or exercised transaction-specific control during proposed sale of company via tender offer.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Construction | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Tammy L. Mercer, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Andrew J. Cazerkawski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Johnathan D. Schiller, Thomas H. Sosnowski, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden J. Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Charles H. Sangree, Caitlin E. Jokubaitis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Christopher D. Porter, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2024-0274-SG
Court declined to enjoin contractual alternative dispute resolution process where parties agreed to submit validity of post-closing cap-ex budget to independent consultant for expert review, where consultant was empowered to conduct independent analysis of company's financial records.
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Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Richard C. Weinblatt, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Schwartz, Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Massengill, Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-08-206 MAA CCLD
Claims connected to the process of calculation and payment fell within scope of parties' limited arbitration clause covering the calculation of payment for acquired company following post-closing true-up.
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Advertising | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Cordo, Andrew D. Berni, Joshua A. Manning, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Jesse L. Noa, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Baratz, Patrick F. Linehan, Steptoe LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-04-021 MAA CCLD
Court granted judgment to enforce promissory note where affirmative defenses/counterclaims of fraud failed as plaintiff was not the principal of company officers who allegedly misrepresented company sales numbers.
Publication Date: 2024-07-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Schwartz, John Vielandi, Labaton Keller Sucharow, New York, NY; Aaron T. Morris, Leonid Kandinov, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Sarah R. Martin, Ryan M. Lindsay, Lauren M. Griffith, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-1073-NAC
Court dismissed former stockholder's fiduciary duty claim arising from breach of merger agreement leading to reduced merger consideration where the reduced price still provided a premium over the stock price and the stockholders approved the merger in an informed vote.
Publication Date: 2024-07-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena C. Norman, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young, Conaway, Stargatt, and Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Michael Kendall, White & Case LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-10-212 MAA CCLD
Court declined to dismiss fraud claims in connection with stock purchase agreement where buyer adequately pled that defendant controllers were in a position to know of the fraudulent nature of seller's financials and where the company's alleged unlawful bookkeeping practices violated representations and warranties in the SPA.
Publication Date: 2024-06-25
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Holley E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; David S. Flugman, Lauren J. Zimmerman, Korey Boehm, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Jackson, Ashley Moore Drake, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ariel E. Rogers, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA; Lauren E. Jackson, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0699-JTL
Statements that did not constitute mere puffery were sufficient to state a fraud claim where plaintiff adequately alleged defendant's scienter and where the parties' contract lacked an anti-reliance clause.
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