Stock issuance that diluted interest of stockholder with one-half interest who had filed a custodian action to break board election deadlock was not inequitable where issuance was reasonably calculated to prevent default under company's key contracts and had the benefit of retaining a key employee, while stockholder was not coerced as she retained a swing vote.

Plan of reorganization establishing sexual abuse settlement trust affirmed where non-consensual releases of claims against non-debtors, who were affiliates of debtors, fell within "related to" jurisdiction since the non-debtors' viability as going concerns was necessary to the success of debtors' reorganization.

Preliminary injunction to enjoin distribution of settlement funds pursuant to the parties' agreement denied where there was no support in the parties' contract for plaintiff's claim of breach and thus plaintiff was unlikely to succeed on the merits.

Stockholders who pursued a derivative claim breached fiduciary duties to company by withholding the award in that claim, since derivative plaintiffs served as company agents rather than directors entitled to have their conduct reviewed under gross negligence or business judgment rule standards.

Appeals & Motions List released on:April 18, 2023

The court ordered the parties to submit a proposed order consistent with the court's ruling on several disputed claim construction terms at issue in a patent litigation matter.