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Delaware Business Court Insider

Laster Foils Corporations' Bid to Limit Forum in Securities Act Claims

The decision was a win for plaintiffs, who will now have greater flexibility in deciding where to file lawsuits alleging fraud that occurred during companies' initial public offerings
4 minute read

The Recorder

Tech Firms Lose Out on Bid to Limit Forum in Securities Act Claims

Blue Apron, Stitch Fix and Roku lost out in a bid in the Delaware Court of Chancery to use forum-selection provisions in corporate charters to force shareholders to litigate securities fraud claims in federal court.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Merck Case, Supreme Court Tackles Shareholder Access to Corporate Documents

The dispute involves a Merck shareholder and his opposition to Merck's $8.4 billion acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Refuses TRO That Would Act as Prior Restraint on Speech

In CapStack Nashville 3 v. MACC Venture Partners, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III considered whether equity had jurisdiction to entertain a temporary restraining order that would have the effect of a prior restraint on speech.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Cracks Down on Discovery Abuse

The Delaware Court of Chancery has now decided that its past guidance on how to conduct discovery has not cured this problem. It is time, instead, to impose increased sanctions for the most often repeated discovery abuses.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

By Denying Moonves His $120M Severance, CBS Could Tamp Down Shareholder Litigation

There remains the possibility that Moonves, who has been accused of forcing himself on women and retaliating against those who rebuffed his advances, could sue CBS to recover his "golden parachute."
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

CBS' Denial of Moonves' $120M Severance Could Tamp Down Shareholder Litigation

There remains the possibility that Moonves, who has been accused of forcing himself on women and retaliating against those who rebuffed his advances, could sue CBS to recover his "golden parachute."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Practical Guide to CCPA Readiness: Implementing Calif.'s New Privacy Law (Part 2)

This is the second article in a two-part series discussing readiness steps organizations should consider when implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).
10 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Suit Accusing Fitbit Directors of Insider Trading Clears Hurdle in Del. Chancery Court

The lawsuit alleges that Fitbit's brass discovered widespread issues with the San Francisco-based fitness company's heart-rate monitoring technology as early as January 2015 but failed to disclose the scope and severity of the problem before its IPO that November, which raised $416 million.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Moore, Del. Supreme Court Justice and Seminal Voice on Corporate Law, Dies at 83

Former state Supreme Court Justice Andrew G.T. Moore II, regarded as one of the seminal voices in Delaware corporate law, died Monday at the age of 83.
4 minute read

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