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Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Hospital Challenges State's Oversight Plan, Saying It Clashes With Corporate Franchise

DLA Piper and Richards, Layton are representing Christiana Care, wihch is seeking to halt enforcement of a health bill that it says clashes with the state's corporate law.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tractor Supply CEO Says DEI Dust-Up Had No 'Measurable Impact'

"We learned from others who had gone before us on this and moved fast and tried to remove the perceived political and social agendas from our policies." Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton said.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'Unfair and Conflicted'?: Paramount Merger Allegedly Benefits Shari Redstone at Minority Shareholders' Expense, Lawsuit Says

The complaint, filed by Berger Montague, claims the dealmaking process was unfair, with a lack of director independence and no opportunity for a vote on the merger, which is expected to close in 2025.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Piercing the Corporate Veil: Finding the Common Thread

A look at the key factor(s) present in most recent cases where the corporate veil was pierced.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Judge Rejects Securities Class Action Against Cannabis Products Maker

Plaintiffs' theories of scienter were backed by vague and speculative claims, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Controlling Stockholder Transactions That Do Not Involve a Freeze-Out Merger May Satisfy MFW to Obtain Business Judgment Review

Since MFW, the Court of Chancery has applied the MFW framework to assess the standard of review of controlling stockholder transactions that did not involve a freeze-out merger, which commentators have referred to as "MFW creep."
5 minute read

Law.com

Internal Investigations From an International Perspective

The importance of conducting an internal investigation and the factors and ethical considerations your organization should consider.
13 minute read

International Edition

Shareholder Activism on the Rise: What Investors and Companies Need to Know

The practice made headlines recently when Disney fended off activist investors, writes an A&O Shearman Johannesburg lawyer.
5 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: ESG Movement Hits 'Teenage Years,' Testing Companies' Resolve

"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Delaware Supreme Court Turns Its Spotlight on Advance Notice Bylaws

In the latest tug of war in Delaware law between activist investors and corporate boards, Teresa Goody Guillén and Richard Raile of Baker & Hostetler and John Seaman of Abrams & Bayliss represent Ted Kellner, an AIM ImmunoTech Inc. stockholder seeking board seats.
7 minute read

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