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  • Chen v. Taipei Amer. Sch. Found, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherin A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; H. Gregory Baker, Jayce Nadipuram, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Harvey J. Wolkoff, Matthew Mazzotta, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0926-MTZ

    The court denied defendant nonprofit's motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff adequately pled that defendant board members had violated their fiduciary duties and 8 Del C. §109 by restricting the general members' ability to make, amend, or repeal bylaws.

  • Garfield v. Boxed, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Neal C. Belgam, Jason Z. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Anisha Mirchandani, Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul J. Loughman, Joseph M. Turk, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark T. Stancil, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Betsy L. Feldman, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: 2022-0132-MTZ

    Because corporate charter established two separate classes of stock rather than one class with two series, stockholder conferred benefit on company by demanding it grant the stockholder's class a separate vote on charter amendments affecting the class, and was accordingly entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and costs.

  • Hillblom v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Brown, Elliott Covert, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Z. Ribakoff, Ribakoff Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. McIntyre, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Pittsburgh,PA for defendant.
    Case Number: 2021-1034-MTZ

    The court denied defendant trustee's motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty and trust claims.

  • Buzzfeed, Inc. v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Elena C. Norman, Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mary Eaton, Thomas Walsh, Nicholas Caselli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Kortmansky, Melissa Ginsberg, Braunhagey & Borden LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glaser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin D. Galbraith, Taylor N. Perretti, The Galbraith Law Firm, New York, NY; Sean R. O’Brien, A.J. Monaco, O’Brien LLP, New York, NY; Yonaton Aronoff, Joseph Gallagher, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0357-MTZ

    New corporate entity following SPAC transaction was not bound to employment agreements executed by prior corporate entity and thus new entity was not obligated to arbitrate employees' grievances.

  • Jung v. El Tinieblo Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory F. Birney, Birney Law, LLC, Claymont, DE; Matt Simmons, Law Offices of Matt Simmons, Esq., Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert K. Beste, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kimberly E. Blair, Deanna M. Williams, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0798-MTZ

    Full Faith and Credit Clause prohibited state from having exclusive jurisdiction clause that required transitory claims to be heard in that state, as such a law failed to give due respect to the judicial proceedings of other states.

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  • Nask4Innovation Sp. Z.o.o. v. Sellers

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Joseph L. Christensen, McCollum D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Ryan D. Stottmann, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0406-MTZ

    Declaratory judgment action to declare release language in letter of transmittal unenforceable was not ripe where declaratory judgment would provide no benefit to the litigants as the release did not preclude the filing of a fiduciary claim where the release could be asserted as a defense to liability and resolved in that fiduciary action.

  • In re Match Group Inc. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, J. Clayton Athey, Corinne E. Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Jason W. Rigby, Stacey A. Greenspan, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake K. Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Sandy Xu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maeve O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, Alexandra P. Sadinsky, Canem Ozyildirim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP, New York, NY; David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Blaire Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2020-0505-MTZ

    The court granted a motion to dismiss a complaint challenging a multi-step spinoff initiated by a corporation's controller.

  • CPC Mikawaya Holdings, LLC v. MyMo Intermediate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Emma K. Diver, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Schreiber, Aaron C. O’Dell, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy R. Farrell, Ropes & Gray LLP, Chicago, IL; Patrick S. Doherty, Ropes & Gray LLP, London, UK; Sarah M. Milkovich, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69878

    Seller sufficiently alleged breach of written and oral contracts where merger agreement required buyer to complete pre-closing tax returns according to past practices and buyer instead used novel practices, but the change in practices was authorized by the parties' oral agreement in which the seller agreed to the change in exchange for receipt of the tax return proceeds.

  • Teamster Members Ret. Plan v. Dearth

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David T. Wissbroecker, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher D. Renaud, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Michael L. Kichline, Matthew D. Klayman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert H. O’Leary, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69854

    Alleged omissions of information regarding company value were insufficient to render stockholder vote uninformed, thereby validating a single-bidder transaction.

  • Mock v. Div. of State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-06-14
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephani J. Ballard, Law Offices of Stephani J. Ballard, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph C. Handlon, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69847

    Chancery court lacked jurisdiction to hear police officer's challenge to the termination of his employment for disciplinary violations, where police officers lacked a statutory right to judicial review of such agency action, and any equitable relief sought by the officer could be obtained at law through a writ of mandamus.