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July 11, 2011 |

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Post & Schell has hired two associates and named four principals at its Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Princeton, N.J., offices.
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November 04, 2009 |

Capmark Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Delaware

Horsham, Pa.-based Capmark Financial Group Inc. announced Oct. 25 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, along with some of its subsidiaries, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Capmark intends to use the reorganization process to implement a restructuring that reduces its corporate debt and maximizes value for its stakeholders, according a statement released by the company. Capmark's businesses are expected to operate normally during reorganization.
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May 01, 2013 |

Board Cannot Keep Information From Directors, Even in Litigation

A corporate defendant cannot invoke attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine against an active director who has filed a derivative lawsuit against the company and its board, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled. In issuing the opinion, which affirms a director's right to access privileged material, the court granted a plaintiff's motion to compel the production of documents related to the company's legal counsel's advice regarding a potential recapitalization.
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July 31, 2013 |

Dismissal of Objections to $1 Bil. Energy Co. Merger OK'd

An oil and gas exploration company's board did not breach its fiduciary duties to unitholders when its conflicts committee approved a $1 billion merger with a company that already owned 46 percent of its units, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled. The high court's opinion affirmed an August 2012 Delaware Court of Chancery ruling dismissing the lawsuit because the company's limited partnership agreement required that the board act under the subjective duty of good faith instead of common-law fiduciary duties.
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October 23, 2013 |

Glasscock Rejects Suit Over $123 Mil. Biotechnology Merger

The Delaware Court of Chancery has rejected a lawsuit filed by BioClinica Inc.'s shareholders against the company, ruling that the company's board did not breach its fiduciary duties when it agreed to a $123 million buyout from JLL Partners Inc.
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May 15, 2006 |

Lamb OKs $17.5 Million Settlement In Freeport-McMoRan

Wrapping up eight years of litigation that was at one point disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb of Delaware's Court of Chancery approved a $17.5 million settlement in In re Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. Shareholder Litigation.
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February 26, 2013 |

Midsize Firms Happy to Sort Through Remainders

Like their bigger competitors, midsize law firms have hired fewer associates since the recession. Still, hard times have proven a boon in one sense:
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July 28, 2010 |

Del.'s Legal Economy Less Scarred by Recession Than Nation's

The year 2009 saw quite a bloodletting, after the financial crisis of late 2007 hit law firms hard then settled into a Great Recession that saw work dry up and left armies of associates at large firms with little to do.
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March 13, 2013 |

Gore Heiress Is Spared Attorney Fees, Ending Trust Battle

Susan Gore, the heiress to the W.L. Gore fortune, will not have to bear the cost of attorney fees and expenses for the litigation that resulted after she legally adopted her ex-husband, Jan C. Otto, in order to increase the size of her children's inheritance.
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September 25, 2013 |

Delaware Supreme Court to Hear Activision Appeal

The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to hear Activision Blizzard Inc.'s appeal of last week's Court of Chancery decision to issue a temporary injunction halting the video game publisher's $8.2 billion buyback of the majority of its shares held by Vivendi, the French conglomerate that owns Activision. A shareholder had filed a lawsuit against both parties claiming the deal will unjustly enrich both defendants, and asked the Chancery Court to allow Activision's stockholders to vote on the transaction.
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