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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 01, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Morris James Launches Transaction Group With Skadden Arps M&A Trio

The team at the Wilmington firm will be led by new partner Vincent Cannizzaro, a former Skadden senior associate.
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Averon US, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.
Publication Date: 2024-03-26
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Hughes
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Tracy L. Pearson, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Diamante, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, New York, NY; Raymond Jones, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Leesburg, VA; William Flachsbart, Mark Magas, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
For defendant: Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Jason James Rawnsley, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; David S. Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA; Timothy S. Durst, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case number: 1:22-cv-01341-TMH

Court declined to dismiss trade secret claims where the parties' contracts could be reasonably interpreted to impose a duty of confidentiality upon defendant to protect plaintiff's disclosed proprietary technology.

March 18, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Big Energy and Pharma Deals Continue to Drive M&A

Five of the six announced deals over $1 billion in the last week occurred in either the life sciences or energy sector.
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March 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A Legal 'Doomsday'?: Delaware Faces Criticism at Tulane Conference

Merger and acquisition practitioners are having a difficult time figuring out how best to counsel their clients, and litigators are left with questions on how best to make their case to the Court of Chancery.
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March 01, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'Like Kamikaze Pilots': Lawsuits Land in Delaware Ahead of Trump's Social Media Merger

"If they don't cut a deal ahead of the planned acquisition, they are like Kamikaze pilots heading toward each other and will financially ruin the deal for each other," said Sean Johnson, a partner at Johnson Newlon & Decort.
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February 29, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

SEC Calls Terraform's Dentons Retainer 'Opaque Slush Fund' in Bankruptcy Court

The SEC has asked Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon to deny the application unless Dentons returns to Terraform the $81 million still available from its retainer and files engagement letters and agreements about payment with the court.
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February 14, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'Grabski v. Andreessen': Chancery Addresses 'Brophy' Claims Against Officers and Directors in a Direct Listing

In Grabski v. Andreessen, the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss fiduciary claims against officers and directors of Coinbase Global, Inc. who sold shares in a going-public transaction.
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February 13, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Richards, Layton & Finger Associates Accepted Into LCLD Programs

Richards, Layton & Finger announced that Nicole Henry has been accepted into the 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows program, and Anastasia Bowes and Maya Jackson have been accepted into the 2024 LCLD Pathfinders program.
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Labyrinth, Inc. v. Urich
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Blake Rohrbacher, John D. Hendershot, Sandy Xu, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kira N. Lum, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Jesse L. Noa, Tyler E. Cragg, Andrew Moshos, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case number: 2023-0327-MTZ

Buyers in corporate acquisition adequately pled fraud claims where acquisition agreement expressly stated that seller had not changed its accounting practices even though seller's owners expressly accelerated the collection of accounts receivable, which made attached financials inaccurate.

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