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Publication Date: 2023-08-07
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Michael J. Barry, Kelly L. Tucker, Jason M. Avellino, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas Curry, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Joshua S. Amsel, Tanner S. Stanley, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0215-MTZ
The court declined to approve a proposed settlement on behalf of a putative class of common stockholders noting that the release would release not only claims associated with the common stock but also claims related to the ownership of preferred equity units, even though plaintiffs had not brought an action on behalf of a class of preferred equity unitholders.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Business Torts
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I.G. Jones, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz, Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff.
for defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0302-JTL
Fraud claims preempted by Delaware Uniform Trade Secrets Act where the claims involved the alleged misappropriation of proprietary business information, but such claims would fail as any fraudulently obtained information would not have caused the claimed damages.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Stephen E. Jenkins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William J. Fields, Christopher J. Kupka, Samir Shukurov, Fields Kupka & Shukurov LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J. Adams, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Brian Schall, The Schall Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Tyler J. Leavengood, Jaclyn C. Levy, Michael C. Gorski, Jr., Lucille E. Wiesner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard B. Harper, Vern Cassin, Thomas E. O’Brien, Alyssa M. Pronley, Kristina Wenner, Baker Botts LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Reiko Rogozen, Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph O. Larkin, Matthew P. Majarian, Rupal K. Joshi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Carroll, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-1116-SG
The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' derivative complaint which alleged that one defendant had made a sham offer to purchase another defendant's high vote stock to trigger a call right, which in turn resulted in significant monetary benefits to both defendants and harm to nominal defendant.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edgar G. Sargent, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Seattle, WA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Sarah E. Delia, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2021-0476-LWW
Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment to enforce an option right for which it bargained to pay $1,000 but did not make payment was denied and defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment was granted.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan H. Townsend, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emory LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Aronoff, McDermott Will & Emory LLP, Chicago, IL; Megan E. Thibert-Ind, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; James C. Bookhout, Mallory Biblo, DLA Piper LLP (US), Dallas, TX for defendant.
Case Number: 2021-0579-MTZ
The court granted plaintiff's motion for civil contempt and sanctions and shifted plaintiff's fees to defendant upon finding that defendant had "contemptuously" failed to fully and timely produce ordered documents.
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Publication Date: 2023-07-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Transportation
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce Birenboim, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul A. Paterson, Kristina A. Bunting, Jonathan C. Day, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Sarah E. Delia, Travis J. Ferguson, Shannon D. Humiston, McCarter & English, LLP for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0690-PAF
Although parties entered binding acquisition agreement, buyer was not obligated to close where seller had yet to meet condition precedent to obtain agreements from all its stockholders to tender their equity.
Publication Date: 2023-07-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan M. Ernst, Bielli & Klauder, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Rogovin, Weiss Law, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff
for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Arthur R. Bookout, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2021-0202-KSJM
Supplemental proxy disclosures that were only marginally helpful to shareholders and were not clearly material to their analysis only supported a minimal award of legal fees and costs to plaintiff stockholder.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, James M. Yoch, Jr., M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Angela Lam, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Patricia L. Enerio, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Lundin, Niall D. Ó Murchadha, Cynthia L. Botello, Lundin PLLC, New York, NY; John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 12077-NAC
Adverse judgment in related action between the parties did not compel dismissal of plaintiff's aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims where those claims went beyond the scope of the intercreditor agreement that another state's court concluded precluded plaintiff from recovering for default on its note.
Publication Date: 2023-06-27
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Seaman, April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne Ward, Lori Marks-Esterman, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John M. Seaman, April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Richard Li, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kevin M. Gallagher, Matthew W. Murphy, Nicole M. Henry, Jordan L. Cramer, Sandy Xu, Mari Boyle, Edmond S. Kim, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0477-PAF
Court declined to enjoin advance notice bylaw where company did not have radical change in operations and plaintiff stockholders' delay contributed to their inability to timely present a slate of directors for the annual meeting.
Publication Date: 2023-06-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sarah T. Andrade, Megan A. McGovern, Bayard, PA, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2020-0183-MTZ
Stockholders who pursued a derivative claim breached fiduciary duties to company by withholding the award in that claim, since derivative plaintiffs served as company agents rather than directors entitled to have their conduct reviewed under gross negligence or business judgment rule standards.
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