Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Brandon R. Harper | March 6, 2024
In a recent memorandum opinion dismissing a suit brought by stockholders derivatively on behalf of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Walgreens), Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a reminder of the "narrow confines" in which a successful Caremark claim lives.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | March 6, 2024
In Ramco Asset Management v. USA Rare Earth, 2023 WL 6939263 (Del. Ch. Oct. 20, 2023), Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III considered jurisdictional…
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Molly DiBianca | February 21, 2024
In Cantor Fitzgerald v. Ainslie, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the validity of a post-employment restriction in a limited partnership agreement. The decision overturned the ruling of the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidating a forfeiture-for-competition provision, which permitted the partnership to withhold distributions to partners who voluntarily withdrew from and then competed with the partnership.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller | February 14, 2024
In Grabski v. Andreessen, the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss fiduciary claims against officers and directors of Coinbase Global, Inc. who sold shares in a going-public transaction.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Albert H. Manwaring IV | February 7, 2024
In the court's recent decision, Icahn Partners v. Francis deSouza, the plaintiff Icahn stockholders sought to use privileged and confidential information shared with them by their designated director in a complaint, asserting direct and derivative fiduciary claims against other directors.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lucy E. Hill | January 24, 2024
Closely-held businesses may face issues of corporate deadlock where control of the business is evenly divided between two owners or two different factions…
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Mark E. Felger and Simon E. Fraser | January 17, 2024
A Nov. 14 opinion from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware provides a reminder of the potentially severe punishment that a party can suffer as a result of its violation of the automatic stay of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, even if the debtor does not suffer any actual damages as a result of the violation.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Francis G.X. Pileggi, Sean M. Brennecke and Aimee M. Czachorowski | January 3, 2024
This list highlights some of the notable decisions that should be of widespread interest to those involved in corporate and commercial litigation or those who follow the latest developments in this area of Delaware law.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Mark E. Felger and Kaan Ekiner | December 27, 2023
The Delaware Court of Chancery considered whether a stockholder of a publicly traded company was entitled to inspect the books and records of the public company's nonpublic subsidiary for the stated purpose of "more accurately" valuing the public corporation's publicly traded shares.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Cliff C. Gardner, Peyton V. Carper and Sukhandeep Kaur | December 20, 2023
Publicly traded corporations increasingly adopted exclusive forum provisions to reduce the risk of burdensome and costly multijurisdictional stockholder litigation. State and federal courts around the country regularly enforced the provisions, dismissing cases not brought in the specified jurisdiction.
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