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Publication Date: 2024-04-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lisa M. Zwally, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-1044-LWW
Purported written consent in lieu of a meeting could not moot stockholders' request for an annual meeting where the law required the removal of incumbent directors before a non-unanimous written consent could fill the vacancies.
Publication Date: 2024-04-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Eric A. Veres, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Samuel M. Gross, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Bruce L. Silverstein, Malibu, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0261-PAF
Litigation demand not futile where directors who would give plaintiff a majority lacked any personal or professional connection to the interested controller sufficient to call the directors' independence into question.
Publication Date: 2024-04-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
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Case Number: N23C-07-144 MAA CCLD
Complaint seeking payment of settlement consideration was an action at law rather than a request for specific performance, meaning jurisdiction was proper in the superior court rather than the chancery court.
Publication Date: 2024-04-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Irene R. Lax, Robert Erickson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Jason Leviton, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, NY, New York; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL
Court declined to certify order denying motion to dismiss where the order did not decide novel legal issues or issues of substantial importance and where interlocutory review was unlikely to materially advance the resolution of the litigation.
Publication Date: 2024-03-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Rosemary J. Piergiovanni, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Arnold Gershon, Michael A. Toomey, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Robert L. Burns, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. Wilmington, DE; Kevin G. Abrams, Peter Shindel Jr., Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2017-0354-SG
Law of the case precluded settlement objector's challenge to the adequacy of consideration where revised settlement merely deleted provisions improperly releasing future claims and the court had previously found the retained provisions fair and beneficial to the corporation and its stockholders.
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Publication Date: 2024-03-04
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Dean R. Roland, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo, Eric M. Carrino, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA; Leo Kandinov, Aaron T. Morris, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Samuel D. Cordle, Caleb Volz, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert G. Jones, Jessica M. Bergin, Sara A. Bellin, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA; Martin J. Crisp, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0240-LWW
Caremark claims failed where board of directors promptly responded to whistleblower action regarding the company's billing practices by overseeing the response to the DOJ's civil investigation demands and fixing the billing software to eliminate the improper practices.
Publication Date: 2024-02-26
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Taylor D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A, Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; Adam Warden, Saxena White P.A; Boca Raton, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Getzel Berger, Emma S. Stein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0309-JTL
Court denied summary judgment dismissal of complaint challenging legality of stockholders' agreement provisions on grounds of laches and ripeness, where equitable defenses could not validate a void contractual provision and where stockholder could launch a facial attack against challenged provisions without having to wait for company controllers to breach fiduciary duties.
Publication Date: 2024-02-19
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Brian A. Katz, John G. Moon, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Steve L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher M. Verdini, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0306-SG
Court interpreted the scope of the parties' joint waiver of their contractual mandatory arbitration provision to include only those claims the parties had asserted in their pleadings at the time they executed the waiver, so as to avoid an unintended waiver of bargained-for rights.
Publication Date: 2024-02-19
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Terisa A. Shoremoun, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Melinda A. Nicholson, Nicolas Kravitz, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Roger A. Sachar, Newman Ferrara LLP, New York, NY; Domenico Minerva, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Daniel G. Paterno, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brad D. Brian, John M. Gildersleeve, Abraham B. Dyk, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Susan W. Waesco, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Abby F. Rudzin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth A. O’Brien, Jr., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0633-MTZ MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiff failed to plead demand futility due to the lack of directors' personal liability for oversight and corporate waste claims, as the failure to implement a formal policy governing executives' personal use of corporate aircraft did not, by itself, amount to bad faith, and any financial loss from personal use constituted a fraction of a percentage of the company's expenses and profits.
Publication Date: 2024-02-12
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. Dugan, Emily V. Burton, Tanner C. Jameson, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, Ryan D. Konstanzer, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0671-LWW
Manager and member of LLC remained the manager of the company where the LLC agreement required his involvement and approval for any amendment, such that the other investors in the company could not unilaterally amend the agreement to remove the manager.
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