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  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • Mad Investors GRMD, LLC v. GR Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Christine M. Mackintosh, Kelly L. Tucker, Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wil-mington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kevin M Gallagher, Elizabeth A. Heise, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jason C. Vigna, Brian L. Muldrew, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69187

    Plaintiffs failed to allow the full five-day response period to expire before filing this action to enforce their books and records request, so the court dismissed their complaint.

  • In re Altaba, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Arthur R. Bookout, Matthew P. Majarian, Gregory P. Ranzini, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Llp, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, David G. Holmes, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; E.F. Anthony Merchant, Q.C., Merchant Law Group LLP, Regina, Saskatchewan; Evan W. Rassman, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Long, Watkins & Letofsky, LLP, Santa Ana, CA; Michael A. Pittenger, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., David A. Seal, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Adam M. Gogolak, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for claimants.
    Case Number: D69175

    Company seeking to make interim stockholder distribution directed to holdback full reserve requested by claimants due to pending nature of class action in foreign country, making it impractical for the court to anticipate the outcome of the action.

  • L-5 Healthcare Partners, LLC v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, Thomas P. Will, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Antonio Yanez, Jr., Alexander L. Cheney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69167

    Agreement to issue convertible warrants upon drawing on credit constituted agreement sufficient to trigger preemption rights under stock purchase agreement with another party, and offer proposal failed to satisfy preemption rights due to conditional nature of the offer.

  • Fannin v. UMTH Land Dev., L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr. and Tiffany J. Cramer, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; John W. Rotunno, Paul J. Walsen, Joseph C. Wylie II, Molly K. McGinley, Matthew A. Alvis, K&L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL; Myron T. Steele, Timothy R. Dudderar, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69118

    Limited partners' fiduciary claims survived dismissal where limited partners could rely on misleading disclosures regarding challenged transactions, where the general partners and controllers failed to eliminate fiduciary duties from the partnership agreement, and where general partner's financial interest in challenged transactions was sufficient to establish demand futility.

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  • Juul Labs, Inc. v. Grove

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, David J. Teklits and Lauren N. Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce A. Ericson and Colin T. Kemp, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Wales and Thomas G. James, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Francis A. Bottini, Jr. , Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69098

    A stockholder was not entitled to request books and records pursuant to another state's laws, because the internal affairs doctrine provided that Delaware law governed inspection rights for companies incorporated in that state.

  • Menacker v. Overture, L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Greenville, DEfor defendants.
    Case Number: D69089

    A former member of a limited liability company lacked standing to pursue a derivative claim for breach of fiduciary duty.

  • Fannin v. UMTH Land Dev. L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr. and Tiffany J. Cramer, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; John W. Rotunno, Paul J. Walsen, Joseph C. Wylie II, Molly K. McGinley, Matthew A. Alvis, K&L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL; Myron T. Steele, Timothy R. Dudderar, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69086

    Court declined to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty claims where general partner and controller affiliates had not removed fiduciary duties from the partnership agreement and where plaintiffs were entitled to rely on disclosures related to challenged transactions and thus were not on inquiry notice of their claims.

  • Murfey v. WHC Ventures LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl D. Neff and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Tumilty, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Waltham, MA; Raymond J. DiCamillo and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69067

    The chancery court erred by reading a "necessary and essential" requirement into a partnership books and records request.

  • In re: Morrow Park Holding LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc L. Newman, Christopher D. Kaye and Mahde Y. Abdallah, The Miller Law Firm, P.C., Rochester, MI for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Angela Lam and John T. Miraglia, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Loewinsohn and Kerry Schonwald, Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: D69042

    In this dispute among the developers of an apartment complex, the court found that the majority of issues required a more detailed factual record, so it denied most of the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.