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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | March 27, 2024
Corporate practitioners say there's been no signs that there will be any significant corporate exodus from Delaware in the near future.
4 minute read
By Derek Dragotta | March 27, 2024
Data breaches are on the rise, as are the costs associated with them. AI is allowing bad actors to quickly shift tactics and generate more believable scams. There is a significant uptick in attempted fraudulent filings. This article presents various ways in which you can protect your organization, as well as your class, from these threats.
10 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Cliff C. Gardner and TJ Rivera | March 27, 2024
"Fueled by hindsight bias," Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will explained, Caremark suits have "proliferated in Delaware" seeking to hold directors personally liable for imperfect efforts, operational struggles and business decisions. But, the court noted, a stockholder's position that the board's response to a corporate crisis merely "came too late and did too little" is insufficient under Caremark, which requires a showing that directors acted in bad faith.
6 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | March 21, 2024
ernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check are representing the plaintiff in the case, which brings Exchange Act claims against Chemours and several executives.
3 minute read
By Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter and Warren de Wied | March 21, 2024
This article lays out practice points in response to the Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in In Ap-Fonden v. Activision, which opens a new frontier for challenging a board's process in approving mergers. It discusses the significance the decision has on the merger agreement processes as well as what practitioners should consider moving forward as they navigate this decision.
18 minute read
By Alex Anteau | March 20, 2024
"This is a novel issue that doesn't come up a lot in appellate law, so we're really pleased that the Court of Appeals saw it the way we saw it," said plaintiff-appellee counsel Render Freeman of Andersen Tate & Carr.
5 minute read
By John Coffee | March 20, 2024
Few principles of law are as universally respected by U.S. courts as the "internal affairs rule." All state jurisdictions at least formally subscribe to this rule, and the Supreme Court has hinted it may be constitutionally required. Nonetheless, the New York Court of Appeals has agreed to hear a case asking the court to replace the traditional rule with an "interest-balancing" test.
11 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | March 19, 2024
The complaint is proving true a prediction made by Vice Chancellor Lori Will in a 2023 opinion anticipating shareholder suits over the corporate provisions.
3 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | March 19, 2024
"I think there is a point that they become so large that they encourage executives to take the deal, regardless of whether it is in the best interests of the shareholders," said Cindy Schipani, a professor of business law at the University of Michigan.
4 minute read
By Steve Quinlivan and Kelly Stout | March 18, 2024
A Delaware Court of Chancery decision to invalidate significant portions of a stockholder agreement could have a marked impact on public companies, impacting M&A activities such as joint ventures, settlements with activist investors and minority venture capital investments.
7 minute read
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In Memoriam: Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer (1944-2024) We mourn the loss of our friend and former partner and Co-Chairman, Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer. Dick was a member of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP for more than 24 years. He was the consummate business lawyer, wonderful colleague and true friend. He joined the Bloomberg organization in 2012, a client for whom he had served as their principal legal advisor since their inception, and later was appointed as a member of their board. Dick's knowledge and experience were unparalleled, as evidenced by appointment to leadership and board positions at numerous well-respected organizations. He was deeply involved in civic and community engagements through his work with the S.L.E. (Lupus) Foundation, Lupus Research Institute, United Hospital Fund of New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Dance institute, and Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, among others. He received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1970, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1966. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family, including his wife Jennie, son Christopher and wife Amanda, daughter Kate, and grandchildren Emmett, Serena, George, Emily and Madeline. We will remember Dick with the utmost respect, admiration and affection. His loss will be felt by his many friends and colleagues at Willkie, and by all those whose lives he touched.
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