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Publication Date: 2022-06-21
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; D. Patrick Long, Jonathan R. Mureen, John Tancabel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring IV, Kirsten Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, Sarah F. Kirkpatrick, Lauren Uhlig, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: D69857
Plaintiffs sufficiently pled breach of fiduciary duty claims by alleging that controlling stockholder, who also controlled a majority of the board, was conflicted due to its desire to cash out its investment, which purportedly led it to approve a sale of the company that maximized the controller's return at the expense of the compensation to minority stockholders.
Publication Date: 2022-06-21
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David T. Wissbroecker, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher D. Renaud, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Michael L. Kichline, Matthew D. Klayman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert H. O’Leary, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69854
Alleged omissions of information regarding company value were insufficient to render stockholder vote uninformed, thereby validating a single-bidder transaction.
Publication Date: 2022-06-14
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Gretchen V. Scavo, Matthew Durkin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Melissa D. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Weber, Joseph P. Kenny, Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL for defendants.
Case Number: D69852
Fraudulent misrepresentation claims dismissed where the alleged statements constituted forward-looking plans rather than existing facts and there was no evidence showing the speaker had no intention of fulfilling those plans.
Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C.; D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John P. Stigi III, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69840
Breach of fiduciary claims not dismissed where director who later pled conflict of interest continued to participate in board discussions over merger.
Publication Date: 2022-05-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Cook, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Lauren G. Milgroom, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alla Zayenchik, Thomas James, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: David C. McBride, Martin S. Lessner, James M. Yoch, Jr., Paul J. Loughman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Ryan A. McLeod, Anitha Reddy, Adam M. Gogolak, David E. Kirk, Zachary M. David, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Brian C. Ralston, Tyler J. Leavengood, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard B. Harper, Baker Botts LLP, New York, NY; Thomas E. O’Brien, Baker Botts LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D69818
Summary judgment on director fiduciary claims denied where the evidence was not so overwhelming for the court to find, as a matter of law, that a majority of directors were independent and thus the board could exercise its business judgment to enter into challenged transactions.
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Publication Date: 2022-05-10
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jordan M. Rand, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric R. Levine, Eric Aschkenasy, Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C. New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69806
The court found that plaintiff's amended complaint failed to sufficiently plead most of its claims including breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
Publication Date: 2022-04-19
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric D. Selden, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Cameron M. Hancock, Adam D. Wahlquist, Kirton McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Peter B. Ladig, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Harmon, Erin N. Teske, Hodgson Russ LLP, New York, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O'Connell, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D69783
The court, in this diverted merger consideration case, determined that defendant was not bound by a contract's forum selection clause because it was not a party to the contract and did not have sufficient contacts with Delaware to confer jurisdiction under the long-arm statute.
Publication Date: 2022-04-19
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas E. McCann, Joseph B. Warden, Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard T. Marooney, Brent P. Ray, Allison Altersohn, Matthew Bush, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D69782
The court held that the acquisition of defendant by a third-party constituted an attempted assignment, that plaintiff did not withhold consent unreasonably, and that the assignment to the third party that defendant attempted was a nullity.
Publication Date: 2022-03-29
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger,Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Edward G. Timlin, Alla Zayenchik, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Vincent R. Cappucci, Joshua K. Porter, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs and intervenor-plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kevin M. Gallagher, Daniel E. Kaprow, John M. O’Toole, Melissa A. Lagoumis, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Cyrulnik Fattaruso LLP, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Jacqueline A. Rogers, David A. Seal, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, for defendants.
Case Number: D69758
The court held that a factual record was necessary to determine the adequacy of a stockholder entity to serve as class repre-sentative.
Publication Date: 2022-03-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus E. Montejo, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Audra J. Soloway, Jaren Janghorbani, Maia Usui, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69743
The court found that plaintiffs' breach of fiduciary duty claim was a direct claim and not a derivative claim.
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