• In re: Chaparral Energy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins and John H. Knight, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Levy, Keith A. Simon, and Christopher Harris, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth Niederman, William H. Stassen, and Dana S. Katz, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D68728

    Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion to apply Bankruptcy Rule 7023 where it had grounds to find that all potential class members may not have been served with notice of the bar date, that certification would not adversely affect estate administration, and that the class claim would serve a deterrent effect upon the reorganized debtor.

  • In re: Appraisal of Stillwater Mining Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence M. Rolnick, Steven M. Hecht, Jonathan M. Kass and Glenn McGillivray, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY for petitioners.
    for defendant: S. Mark Hurd and Lauren Neal Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Warnot, Jr., Adam S. Lurie, Brenda D. DiLuigi, Nicole E. Jerry and Elizabeth M. Raulston, Linklaters LLP, New York, NY for respondent.

    Case Number: D68690

    In this statutory appraisal proceeding, the court concluded that the deal price was the most persuasive indicator of fair value at the time of the merger.

  • In re: Vantage Drilling Int'l

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68619

    Parties in this bankruptcy matter lacked standing to object to debtor's plan of reorganization.

  • Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc. v. Crestview-Oxbow Acquisition, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman and Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David B. Hennes, C. Thomas Brown, Adam M. Harris and Elizabeth D. Johnston, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs Oxbow Carbon & Mineral Holdings, Ingraham Investments, William I. Koch and Oxbow Carbon Investment Co. LLC. Kenneth J. Nachbar, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr. and Richard Li, Morris, Nich-ols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Robert Popeo, Michael S. Gardener and Breton Leo-ne-Quick, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA for plaintiff
    for defendant: Oxbow Carbon LLC. Kevin G. Abrams, Michael A. Barlow and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brock E. Czeschin, Matthew D. Perri and Sarah A. Galetta, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Chad Johnson, Jennifer Barrett, Silpa Maruri, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Landau, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul-livan, LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Crestview-Oxbow Acquisition. J. Clayton Athey and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dale C. Christensen, Jr and Michael B. Weitman, Seward & Kissell, LLP, New York, NY for defendant Load Line Capital

    Case Number: D68441

    The plain language of an LLC agreement governed the parties' dispute, and the trial court improperly implied a cove-nant where no contractual gap existed. Affirmed in part, reversed in part.

  • Goggin v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2018-12-12
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin and Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Seth B. Schafler and Seth D. Fiur, Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Seth A. Niederman, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Collins, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68383

    Exclusionary clause of Directors & Officers insurance policy applied where claims against former directors would not have arisen but for their formation and use of investment vehicles, of which they were managers/members, to enrich themselves at the expense of the corporation for which they were directors and the corporation's creditors.

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  • MHS Capital LLC v. Goggin

    Publication Date: 2018-05-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Stanley S. Arkin, Robert C. Angelillo and Alex Reisen for plaintiff
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Susan M. Hannigan, David L. Katsky, Adrienne B. Koch and Joseph Weiner for de-fendants Goggin and Goodwin; Michael Busenkell and Michael T. Leigh for defendant Collins.

    Case Number: D68153

    Where an operating agreement contained an exculpatory provision, plaintiff was entitled to proceed only on its breach of contract claim.

  • In Re Allied Nevada Gold Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68106

    The bankruptcy court acted properly in dismissing appellants claims as equitably moot, because the plan was substantially consummated and appellants did not timely seek a stay.

  • In Re Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. Stockholders Litig., DEFAX Case No. D67703 (Del.Ch. April 13, 2017) Bouchard, C. (39 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-04-26
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67703

    Royalty agreement with wholly-owned subsidiary of partner, when combined with termination fee provision in merger agreement with another subsidiary of partner, was not an unreasonable deal protectio