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Publication Date: 2022-02-15
Practice Area: Discovery
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom | Transportation
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN for petitioners.
for defendant: David J. Teklits, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William D. Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for respondent.
Case Number: D69714
The court held that appraisal petitioners should not be allowed to obtain full discovery in this appraisal proceeding because it was commenced for the purpose of conducting pre-suit investigation for evidence of breach of fiduciary duty.
Publication Date: 2022-02-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Gregory Del Gaizo, Stephen J. Oddo, Eric M.Carrino, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey J. Ritts, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH; Marjorie P. Duffy, Jones Day, Columbus, OH; Blake Rohrbacher, Alexander M. Krischik, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Portnoy, Davis Polk &Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69705
The court held that a majority of the board at the time of filing were outside directors who did not receive a material personal benefit from the challenged transaction, did not face a substantial likelihood of liability because of an exculpation provision, and did not lack independence from the controlling stockholder who was a party to the challenged transaction.
Publication Date: 2021-12-28
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Tu, Peter J. Brody, Cooley LLP, Santa Monica, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Peter B. Ladig, Justin C. Barrett, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kenneth S.Ulrich, W. Kyle Walther, Goldberg Kohn LTD., Chicago, IL for defendant.
Case Number: D69656
The court held that plaintiff was entitled to a preliminary injunction to prevent defendant from pursuing arbitration against plaintiff where plaintiff will likely show that it never agreed to arbitrate defendant's claims.
Publication Date: 2021-11-02
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Art. C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Brett A. Scher, Patrick M. Kennell, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D69591
Motion to dismiss challenge to board election denied where motion referred to documents outside of the pleadings, requiring conversion of the motion to one for summary judgment, under which standard the court determined that further factfinding was required.
Publication Date: 2021-08-18
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Hung G. Ta, Joo Yun Kim, Natalia D. Williams, Hung G. Ta, Esq, PLLC, New York, NY; Peter Safirstein, Elizabeth S. Metcalf, Safirstein Metcalf LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Offenhartz, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Tyler H. Amass, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO for the Special Litigation Committee.
Case Number: D69505
A special litigation committee conducted a fair and extensive evaluation of the insider trading claims in this case, so the court granted the committee's motion to dismiss this action.
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Publication Date: 2021-06-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann M. Kashishian, Kashishian Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Raj Abhyanker, Nicholas Craft, Wensheng Ma, LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, Mountain View, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Alan D. Albert, O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Wilmington, DE; Todd A. Roberts, Nicole S. Healy, Ropers Majeski, Redwood City, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69453
The court granted motions to dismiss plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty and unjust claims based on the tacit concession doctrine and plaintiff's failure to allege a wrongful refusal of its pre-suit demands.
Publication Date: 2021-06-23
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, Jessica Zeldin, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Da-vid Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael A. Pittenger, Matthew F. Davis, David A. Seal, Caneel Radinson-Blasucci, Potter Anderson & Cor-roon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver, Sarah E. Delia, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carl N. Kunz, III, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald L. Berenstain, Sean C. Knowles, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA; Susan W. Waesco, John P. DiTomo, Daniel T. Menken, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Elizabeth A. Heise, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69443
Plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to indicate the existence of a control group, and the conflicted transaction in this case was subject to entire fairness review.
Publication Date: 2021-06-16
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Myron T. Steele, John A. Sensing, Jesse L. Noa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Cory E. Manning, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, SC; Carrie A. Hanger, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Wesley T. Moran, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Myrtle Beach, SC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE, for defendant.
Case Number: D69432
Plaintiff's need for defendant to fulfill its contractual windup obligations sufficiently stated a basis for equitable relief that could trigger the chancery court's jurisdiction, further permitting it to exercise ancillary jurisdiction over plaintiff's legal claims despite defendant's related breach of contract suit in the superior court.
Publication Date: 2021-03-24
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: ohn M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Price, Michael T. Zeller, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Robert L. Burns, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen H. Goodhart, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.
Case Number: D69336
Chancery court could exercise subject matter jurisdiction over alleged breach of contract claim where equitable relief might be required for breach of a NDA to prevent future misappropriation and because calculation of legal damages due to prior misappropriation could prove difficult.
Publication Date: 2021-02-17
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Consumer Products
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Nicholas J. Karasimas, Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69300
Although one member of a limited liability company contrived circumstances leading to a deadlock, the facts established that the parties had an irreconcilable disagreement which warranted dissolution of the com-pany.
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