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Report: Securities Fraud Losses Claimed Balloon in First Half of 2024

The report from securities litigation data analytics company SAR attributes the rise not to a greater number of SEC Rule 10b-5 complaints being filed in the federal courts, but to drops in stock prices growing larger.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Finds Governance Provisions of a Pre-IPO Stockholders' Agreement Invalid for Transgressing DGCL

While the Delaware General Corporate Law (DGCL) is a broadly enabling statute, a number of recent decisions have found limits to parties' ability to renegotiate internal corporate governance by "private ordering" outside of the corporate charter and bylaws.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

With a 7-Figure Book Deal and TV Adaptation on the Way, This Dechert Associate Remains Committed to Her Day Job

"There are aspects of legal work I would really miss if I left it behind," said Isabel J. Kim, whose unpublished debut novel "Sublimation" has been picked up by Universal International Studios.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Schenck Price Promotes New Managing Partner

John Ursin replaced Gary Werner on June 17.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court of Chancery Dismisses Fiduciary Duty Claims Related to Self-Tender Offer

In August 2022, Giant/Alpha allegedly used its controlling position in Playtika to cause the Playtika board to engage in a self-tender. In a previous ruling, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock found that the transaction conferred Giant/Alpha a nonratable benefit and denied Giant/Alpha's motion to dismiss claims against it arising from the transaction.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'MFW' Just Turned 10, but Is It Worth the Candle?

Practitioners generally lauded MFW as a welcome development that rebalanced the litigation risk landscape in a manner that enabled controlled companies to pursue a greater range of value-maximizing transactions. And in the decade that followed, many companies have taken advantage of the MFW framework to do just that.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Let's Embrace Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR is much more than a business being philanthropic and giving to charity. Writing a check, while often appreciated, is not CSR. It is vital in the workforce to allow and encourage your team and up-and-comers to engage in CSR.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Seeking to Boost Corporate Practice, Wilmer Adds K&L Gates Tax Partner

"The firm is absolutely committed to growing our corporate and transactional practices," said Kimberly Wethly, chair of Wilmer's tax practice.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder Primacy in Delaware Corporation Law: Court of Chancery Makes Clear That Delaware Law Assumes 'Single-Firm Model'

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently had the opportunity to weigh in on a plaintiff's unique theory of director and officer fiduciary duties arising out of the stakeholder capitalism model of corporate governance.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Reviews SPAC Precedents and Dismisses Complaint for Failure to Show Impairment of Stockholders' Redemption Rights

In the recent decision of In re Hennessy Capital Acquisition IV Shareholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery observed that the ensuing "abundance of SPAC fiduciary duty claims suggests that stockholder plaintiffs have taken notice," and that SPAC litigation had become "ubiquitous" in the court.
10 minute read

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