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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: 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.
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: 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.
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Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, John G. Day, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Max Huffman, Joseph A. Pettigrew, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, San Diego, CA; Justin O. Reliford, Jing-Li Yu, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0666-KSJM
Stockholder lacked standing to enforce merger agreement, and the agreement did not confer stockholders with third-party beneficiary status to pursue lost-premium damages while the target company pursued specific performance of the merger.
Publication Date: 2023-11-06
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew St. Laurent, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Chelsea Corey, King & Spalding LLP, Charlotte, NC; Carl D. Neff, FisherBroyles, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aurora Cassirer, Christina H. Bost Seaton, FisherBroyles, LLP, New York, NY; Karen E. Keller, Andrew E. Russell, Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin L. Ormand, Allen & Overy, New York, NY; Patrick W. Pearsall, Allen & Overy, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0665-SG
Plaintiffs were former equity holders in an Australian rare-earth mining company, whose primary asset was interest in a mining project in West Texas. Defendants transferred the company's assets to a new Delaware entity. Plaintiffs' fourteen causes of action alleged that defendants promised that plaintiffs would each receive an equivalent amount of equity in the Delaware entity as each had previously held in the mining company, however, they alleged that the transactions had diminished their ownership interests. Defendants' motions to
Publication Date: 2023-10-30
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline R. Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Garrett B. Moritz, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants. Albert H. Manwaring, IV & Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for nominal defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0805-LWW
Reasoning that the master's report in the parties' divorce proceeding had not yet been adopted by the probate court and the defendant had not been removed as a general partner of the Family LP, plaintiff, acting alone, lacked the authority to direct the Family LP through a written consent to remove another board member of nominal defendant.
Publication Date: 2023-10-16
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Insurance
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Melinda A. Nicholson, Nicolas Kravitz, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Benjamin I. Sachs-Michaels, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, New York, NY; Robert V. Prongay, Pavithra Rajesh, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Nicholas F. Mastria, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan Youngwood, Janet A. Gochman, Jacob Lundqvist, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0034-LWW
Court dismissed shareholders' derivative complaint for failure to plead demand futility where plaintiffs' fiduciary claims against the company's directors and officers failed to set forth a prima facie case of personal liability such that the board could not independently consider a litigation demand.
Publication Date: 2023-10-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth B. McCallum, Gilbert S. Keteltas, Carey S. Busen, Evan M. Mannering, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Kimberly M. Marston, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, NC; Charles E. Coble, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns, Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Noel J. Francisco, C. Kevin Marshall, William D. Coglianese; Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Stephanie E. Parker, Katrina L.S. Caseldine, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA; David B. Alden, Kevin P. Riddles; Jones Day, Cleveland, OH; Elli Leibenstein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen L. Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY; Andrea Shwayri Ferraro, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL for defendants.
Case Number: 2017-0129-LWW
Although seller was entitled to recover compensation for settlement payments it made based on post-closing sales of various acquired brands, trial was necessary to determine acquirers' entitlement to offsets and the availability of specific performance for future settlement payments.
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