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City of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Mun. Pension Trust Fund v. Conway
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, Benny C. Goodman III, Andrew W. Hutton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Gladriel Shobe, Jarrod Shobe, Shobe & Shobe, LLP, Provo, UT for plaintiff.
For defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Nicole M. Henry, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, John Williams, Tyler Infinger, Bryan Czako, William Donnelly, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case number: 2022-0664-MTZ

Plaintiff adequately pled breach of contractual duty of good faith when general partner concealed information indicating that equityholders lacked legal leverage to force a settlement payment for the loss of tax receivable agreement rights in exchange for their approval of the corporate conversion.

May 01, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Unanimously Grants Another Shareholder Win Over Pre-Vote Disclosure

The high court's decision is the latest to map out steps corporations need to take when handling a controller-involved transaction.
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Soleimani v. Hakkak
Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Brian C. Ralston, T. Brad Davey, Charles P. Wood, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas P. Baumstein, Ellen Shapiro, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Mari Boyle, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anthony M. Candido, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case number: 2023-0948-LWW MEMORANDUM OPINION Date Submitted:

Plaintiff's removal as an employee and manager of LLCs was ineffective where the operating agreements established payment of the fair market value of plaintiff's revenue share as a condition precedent to removal.

April 24, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Urged to Block Tesla 'Run From Jurisdiction' in Elon Musk Pay Case

Tesla has filed a proxy indicating it would be seeking shareholder votes on a relocation to Texas and whether Musk should receive the 2018 compensation plan that had been struck down by the Court of Chancery.
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Chumash Capital Inv., LLC v. Grand Mesa Partners, LLC
Publication Date: 2024-04-22
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rennie
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Justin T. Hymes, Esquire, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Jeffrey J. Huelskamp, Gretchen Scavo, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Marisa E. Witter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX for plaintiff.
For defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Alexander M. Krischik, Elizabeth J. Freud, Griffin A. Schoenbaum, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James G. Sawtelle, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, CO; R. Montgomery Donaldson, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Wilmington, DE; B. John Casey, Ryan H. Tamm, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR for defendants.
Case number: N23C-07-209 SKR CCLD

Court declined to dismiss fraud claims as untimely under contractual limitations period where the parties' contract expressly exempted fraud claims from the scope of the contractual indemnity provisions containing the survival clauses.

In re: Walmart Inc. Sec. Litig.
Publication Date: 2024-04-22
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Retail
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara Fuks, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Robert W. Whetzel, Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O'Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
Case number: 21-55-CFC

Stockholders failed to adequately plead that securities filings were materially false or misleading where statements adequately conveyed that the company was subject to investigations and securities laws did not require corporations to guess as to the likely outcome of such investigations.

In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litig.
Publication Date: 2024-04-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, J. Clayton Athey, Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Stacey A. Greenspan, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Maria T. Starling, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Robert D. Klausner, Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL for appellants.
For defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, Jonathan M. Moses, Ryan A. McLeod, Alexandra P. Sadinsky, Canem Ozyildirim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Sandy Xu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maeve O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, Amy C. Zimmerman, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua G. Hamilton, Meryn C.N. Grant, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Blair Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Michele D. Johnson, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for appellees.
Case number: 368, 2022

Chancery court erroneously applied business judgment rule to review transaction where controlling stockholder stood on both sides and received a non-ratable benefit where not all members of the company's separation committee were independent from the controller.

April 12, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners-up this week include litigators from Quinn Emanuel, Latham and Paul Hastings.
6 minute read
April 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Walmart Secures Dismissal of Drug Investigation Disclosure Claim

U.S. District Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Richards, Layton & Finger team that represented Walmart, CEO Doug McMillon and former CFO Brett Biggs.
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Wright v. Silver Creek Pharm., Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-04-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff.
For defendant: Lisa M. Zwally, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for defendant.
Case number: 2023-1044-LWW

Purported written consent in lieu of a meeting could not moot stockholders' request for an annual meeting where the law required the removal of incumbent directors before a non-unanimous written consent could fill the vacancies.

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