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Publication Date: 2023-05-23
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Biotechnology
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen A. Jacobs, Megan W. Cascio, Courtney Kurz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laurie Carr Mims, Benjamin D. Rothstein, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Melissa Cornell, Catherine C. Porto, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth Sandza, Richard W. Sandza, Sandza Law, PLLC, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: 2021-0694-NAC
Corporate officer was not entitled to statutory indemnification from company where officer was convicted of federal wire fraud, which included a finding that the officer acted in bad faith, and where a presidential pardon did not have the effect of eliminating the conviction.
Publication Date: 2023-05-23
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | E-Commerce | Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Tayler D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Sara DiLeo, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; Adam Warden, Jonathan Lamet, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Colin B. Davis, Katie Beaudin, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA; Brian M. Lutz, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Lissa M. Percopo, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0091-KSJM
Stockholder failed to plead demand futility where transaction committee who approved acquisition of failing company did not act in bad faith and therefore would not be subject to a substantial risk of personal liability for the acquisition.
Publication Date: 2023-05-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions | Telecommunications
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
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, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kyle H. Lachmund, John M. O’Toole, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Deborah Birnbach, Tucker DeVoe, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0624-MTZ
Corwin cleansing could not apply to injunctive relief claim against entrenching/defensive measures in stockholders' agreement, and plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to support inference that company board negotiated those measures for itself to protect against stockholder activism.
Publication Date: 2023-05-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Federal Government | Health Care | Insurance
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly L. Freund, Michelle Morgan, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, Peter C. Cirka, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin M. Coen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas Uebler, McCollum D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Glenn M. Kurtz, Elizabeth Stainton, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0241-KSJM
Where indemnification provision in company purchase agreement gave sellers the right to participate in the defense of third-party claims brought by government regulators, purchasers breached those rights by unilaterally negotiating a tolling agreement with regulators.
Publication Date: 2023-05-09
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Leslie R. Stern, Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David MacIsaac, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Andrew W. Stern, Charlotte K. Newell, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Volpe, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0827-JTL
Litigation demand was futile where allegations supported inference that directors and officers knew that the company was violating its legal obligations as a dispenser of prescription opioids in a conscious effort to maximize customer sales and profits.
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Publication Date: 2023-05-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Samuel M. Gross, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Jordan A. Cafritz, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Kyle H. Lachmund, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Offenhartz, M. Jonathan Seibald, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Coen, Stephanie Rudolph, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Czerwonka, Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John F. Baughman, Daniel A. Schwartz, JFB Legal, PLLC, Norfolk, VA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0130-SG
Former stockholder plausibly alleged fiduciary claims against controller as it received non-ratable benefit from sale of the company and attempted to induce minority stockholders to waive any fiduciary claims to receive their merger consideration.
Publication Date: 2023-05-09
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Michael B. Gonen, Duane Morris, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael P. Gallagher, Duane Morris, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lisa A. Schmidt, Matthew W. Murphy, Nicole M. Henry, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David P. Whittlesey, Jacob Fields, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Austin, TX for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0166-PAF
Earn-out provision requiring successor company to secure new agreement was not triggered where company merely amended its existing agreement with a customer by rescinding the customer's notice of termination.
Publication Date: 2023-05-09
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry:
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Lauren K. Neal, Michael J. Slobom, Jr., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0762-SG
Court enforced memorandum of settlement as parties' settlement agreement where it contained all material terms to resolve the parties' dispute and any remaining terms for a final settlement agreement were ancillary or non-material.
Publication Date: 2023-05-02
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Jason M. Avellino, Kelly L. Tucker, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Christopher M. Windover, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karl Stern, Elizabeth M. Devaney, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Houston, TX for defendant.
Case Number: 2019-0201-LWW
Although special litigation committee had a defect in consisting of only one director, that director's independence and the thoroughness of their investigation supported finding that its judgment to terminate derivative litigation was made following diligent and good-faith analysis.
Publication Date: 2023-04-18
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Consumer Products | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Amy S. Kline, Saul Ewing LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Joseph D. Lipchitz, Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kyle H. Lachmund, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dustin F. Guzior, Y. Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2021-0838-NAC
Asset purchase agreement unambiguously gave seller of product lines perpetual liability for product liability claims for product sold prior to closing, such that the contract's clause sunsetting certain indemnification rights did not apply to the provision allocating third-party liabilities.
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