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Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Jamie L. Brown, Aaron M. Nelson, Gillian L. Andrews, Brendan Patrick McDonnell, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan O. Perla, Aubre G. Dean, Allesandra D. Tyler, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0778-PAF
Court set nominal bond as a condition for ordering the reissuance of a stock certificate, where there was no dispute over ownership of the stock and a low likelihood that the original certificate had been transferred or pledged, and where the corporation's liability for the certificate was limited by law to the value of the bond.
Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom | Transportation
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Renee M. Zaytsev, Constance M. Boland, Ned Babbitt, Thompson Hine LLP, New York, NY; Thomas Palmer, Thompson Hine LLP, Columbus, OH; Ryan Blackney, Thompson Hine LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael A. Pittenger, Christopher N. Kelly, Tyler J. Leavengood, David A. Seal, Callan R. Jackson, Christopher D. Renaud, Ryan M. Ellingson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1013-LWW
Court denied stockholder's motion for a preliminary injunction to require company to allow stockholder's nominees to stand for election to the board and to grant the stockholder's request for exemption from a rights plan, where stockholder failed to present sufficient evidence to demonstrate its likelihood of prevailing on its breach of fiduciary duty claims against the board.
Publication Date: 2023-12-04
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Glenn R. McGillivray, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Mark D. Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christine M. Mackintosh, Rebecca A. Musarra, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Orrico, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Frank Schirripa, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; F. Joseph Warin, Jonathan M. Phillips, Courtney M. Brown, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: 2019-0816-SG
Court dismissed derivative complaint where single-member special litigation committee conducted adequate review of the worthiness of the litigation and its conclusions were sufficiently supported by evidence, and there was an insufficient basis to question the single member's independence from other board members potentially facing liability.
Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
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Case Number: 15-11931 (CTG)
Court erred in capping fees for work performed on both a §303(i) motion and a §362(k) complaint since the debtor could have obtained its full fees had it only filed the complaint and was thus effectively "punished" for filing the motion.
Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Lisa A. Schmidt, Robert L. Burns, Matthew D. Perri, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Matthew Solum, P.C., John Del Monaco, Jeffrey R. Goldfine, Jacob M. Rae, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2019-0442-KSJM
Stockholders in fiduciary class action who also petitioned for appraisal were entitled to elect between continuing with appraisal or taking the class remedy, even though the law required the corporation's approval for withdrawal of the petition for appraisal.
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Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Aerospace | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Gaul, Michael J. Vail, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David W. Affeld, Edward E. Johnson, Affeld Grivakes LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: William E. Manning, Jessica M. Jones, Michelle C. Streifthau-Livizos, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0652-MTZ
Although plaintiffs failed to identify a contractual provision expressly requiring defendants to operate their aviation-related businesses through the parties' LLC, plaintiffs sufficiently alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by claiming that defendants usurped that business opportunity and caused the LLC to instead engage in marginally profitable interested transactions.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger D. Landon, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: James W. Semple, R. Grant Dick IV, Cooch and Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brooks R. Magratten, Michael J. Daly, Pierce Atwood LLP, Providence, RI for defendant.
Case Number: 23-453-CFC
Court transferred case to Eastern District of Virginia where it involved a dispute over an insurance policy issued to a Virginia-headquartered company and the parties had no connection to Delaware other than the company's state of incorporation.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edwin J. Harron, James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; William M. Kelleher, Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2017-0822-SG
Court dismissed in rem action over limited partnership interest where hearing the action would require the court to hale in defendants it lacked personal jurisdiction over and the proceedings were an attempt to circumvent the dismissal of plaintiff's fraudulent transfer claim against defendants for lack of jurisdiction.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Joshua Fruchter, Wohl & Fruchter LLP, Monsey, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Tammy L. Mercer, James M. Yoch, Jr., Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Zieminski, Andy Jackson, Jeremy Gonzales, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0248-MTZ
Court declined to award a substantial success fee to stockholders who obtained supplemental disclosures to merger proxy where the disclosures did not remove an impediment to the stockholders' vote, but the disclosures provided a meaningful corporate benefit by informing stockholders about the transaction committee's affiliations with a controlling stockholder sitting on both sides of the merger transaction.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Slomsky
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Case Number: 21-00169
Court dismissed claim of misleading proxy statements where allegedly false statements about company's commitment to workforce diversity were non-actionable, aspirational puffery that was immaterial to the investing public.
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