Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Philip D. Amoa and Travis J. Ferguson | October 5, 2022
Unless specifically authorized by Delaware's General Corporate Law (DGCL), the contents of a corporation's charter do not displace directors' fiduciary obligations or override the court's "enhanced scrutiny" review for transactions implicating shareholders' sacrosanct voting rights.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lawrence J. Kotler | September 28, 2022
Recently, in RC JRV Trust v. Barnes & Thornburg (In re JRV Group USA), No. 19-11095 (KBO), 2022 WL 3646288, at *1 (D. Del. Aug. 24, 2022), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted, in part, a motion for leave to appeal an interlocutory order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware filed by the defendant, Barnes & Thornburg.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Arina Shulga and Jeffrey Kelly | September 21, 2022
The practical effect is that many businesses that should not be subject to the sanctions programs are prevented from operating until they either complete a lengthy appeals process or government agencies clarify their interpretation of the applicable sanctions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Nathaniel T. DeLoatch | September 8, 2022
The scope of releases and exculpation, is often a key point of contention in these cases, and therefore, appeals are not uncommon. The ability to appeal a confirmation order in a substantively consummated plan can meaningfully impact release/exculpation issues as well as a host of others.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lewis H. Lazarus | September 7, 2022
When a controlling stockholder is on both sides of a transaction, the Delaware courts' most searching standard of review, entire fairness, is likely to apply. That generally means that a plaintiff who can credibly allege unfairness is likely to survive a motion to dismiss. It does not follow, however, that plaintiff will prevail at trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | September 5, 2022
In an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dated Aug. 11, in a case styled In re Falcon V, case no. 21-30668, the court held a surety bond is not an executory contract, and the debtor's obligations under the bonds could not be enforced.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | August 31, 2022
In Miller v. Black Diamond Capital Management (In re Bayou Steel BD Holdings), Adv. Pro. No. 21-51013 (KBO), 2022 WL 3079861 (Bankr. D. Del. Aug. 3, 2022), U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Owens held that Delaware's three-year statute of repose on the liability of a member for distributions from a limited liability company, measured from the date of distribution, was preempted by Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Molly DiBianca | August 17, 2022
In a recent decision, Metro Storage International, v. Harron, C.A. No. 2018-0937-JTL (Del. Ch. May 4, 2022), the Delaware Court of Chancery made clear that executives who engage in double dealing will pay a high price for their bad acts.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Robert B. Greco and Brian T.M. Mammarella | August 17, 2022
Where a literal reading yields a result at odds with what the drafters would have reasonably intended (which itself derives from the commercial context evidenced in plain terms throughout the instrument), literal meaning gives way to a more nuanced "objective" meaning. This article explores the application of this key precept in the interpretation of charters and bylaws.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Drew S. McGehrin | August 11, 2022
In re McGinn provides an example of a bankruptcy court's duties to weigh the often competing interests between the general policy of a "fresh start" conferred through a successful bankruptcy case against interests of fairness to parties who have suffered significant injuries willfully caused by the debtor.
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