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June 08, 1999 |

Another Monster Chapter 11

The Loewen Group Inc., the owner of more than 1,100 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries, catapulted to second place on the list of largest Chapter 11 filings made in Delaware in the 1990s. Loewen listed $4.14 billion in assets and $3.24 billion in liabilities, continuing the feverish pace of bankruptcy filings in the state this year. Only Continental Airlines, which had $4.8 billion in assets and $3.4 billion in debt when it filed for reorganization, has exceeded Loewen's total assets this decade.
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Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Co., Inc., DEFAX Case No. D65640 (Del. Supr. en banc May 28, 2013) Berger, J. (10 pages).
Publication Date: 2013-06-26
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Chancellor Chandler Upholds Airgas Poison Pill, Finds Boards Have Power to Defeat Inadequate Hostile Offers; Air Products Withdraws Bid
Publication Date: 2011-02-15
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In Chandler's hotly anticipated opinion, the Delaware Chancery Court judge concluded that, in his view, the Airgas pill had already served its defensive purpose, but that under Delaware law, it is the board's business judgment--and not his--that matters.

Marc Wolinsky of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Publication Date: 2011-02-17
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The legacy of Wachtell founding partner Marty Lipton was on the line in Air Products' Delaware Chancery Court challenge to the Airgas board's right to use a poison pill to fend off a hostile takeover bid. Wolinsky relied on strong Delaware precedent--and a video clip from A Streetcar Named Desire--to win a ruling upholding the validity of the poison pill.

In re Digex, Inc.
Publication Date: 2001-01-02
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The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. CHANDLER, Chancellor This is my decision on plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin the proposed merger between

October 05, 2009 |

In-House Texas: New Deals

In-House Texas reports on Dell Inc.'s acquisition of Perot Systems Corp. for $3.9 billion, on Baker Hughes Inc.'s pending acquisition of BJ Services Co. in a deal valued at $5.5 billion, and on a deal on about $500 million in deposits and 19 Texas branch offices recently reached by Sterling Bank and First Bank.
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Rossdeutscher v. Viacom, Inc.
Publication Date: 2001-03-20
Practice Area: corporate &amp | securities | securities litigation
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Judge: VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices
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The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. VEASEY, Chief Justice:This case of first impression involves the application of the implied covenant of good faith

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