Although the Delaware General Corporation Law only required a corporate board to approve and recommend an essentially complete version of a merger agreement, the draft version approved by defendants failed to meet this standard by omitting key terms and ancillary documents repeatedly referenced throughout the agreement.

Evidentiary record could support an inference that race played a role in defendant employer's failure to promote plaintiff sufficient to submit plaintiff's racial discrimination claim to the jury, as the promoted individual lacked the minimum qualifications and the reasons for not promoting plaintiff were plausibly inconsistent with his performance evaluations.

Court dismissed inequitable conduct/unclean hands defenses where there were no allegations as to how alleged fraudulent misrepresentations affected the validity of the patent-in-suit and the allegations of fraud failed to meet the particularity requirement.

Court declined to stay order confirming bankruptcy court's denial of relief from plan injunction where appellant failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on appeal or show how the court's order altered the status quo.

Although defendant prevailed on some claims asserted by plaintiff, plaintiff was the prevailing party in the overall litigation as the central issue in the case was the validity and enforceability of the parties' contracts, and thus plaintiff was entitled to legal fees and costs under the contractual fee-shifting provisions.