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Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Finds Breach of Noncompetes and Issues Sanctions for Contempt and Spoliation of E-Documents

The Delaware Court of Chancery's post-trial opinion in Gener8 v. Castanon is a helpful resource for anyone looking for a discussion of the elements of a variety of causes of action.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Corporate Transparency Act: Where We Are and What Is to Come

With three short months left before the CTA is set to go into effect, existing reporting companies should begin making plans on assembling their reports and possibly seeking guidance from their legal advisers.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Decision Is a Reminder of Limits on Integration Clauses in Matters Arising From 2021 Deal Days

The decision saved threatened claims from a motion to dismiss and is a timely reminder of the limits on integration clauses during a time when corporate and commercial litigators are seeing an uptick in matters arising from acquisitions completed during the busy deal days of 2021.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Lessons From the 'Mindbody' and 'Columbia Pipeline' Decisions 

In two recent post-trial decisions, the Delaware Court of Chancery found that officers of a target company had breached their fiduciary duties in connection with a sale process by acting for personal gain, rather than to maximize stockholder value, that the target boards did not sufficiently manage the officers' conflicts of interest that infected the sale process, and that the acquirors were liable for aiding and abetting certain of the sell-side fiduciary breaches.
17 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Troutman Pepper Launches Corporate Espionage Response Team

Legacy firms Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton both had similar capabilities in the area, according to partner Will Taylor, one of the two founders of the group.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Don't Keep Silent During a Crisis—Communicate!

Winning in the court of legal opinion but losing in the court of public opinion is not a scenario any client wants to celebrate. That is why attorneys should counsel their clients to communicate with key audiences and resist the temptation to keep things in-house.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Commercial Bankruptcy Set to Rival 2020 If Current Trends Hold

Not since the global financial crisis have large corporate bankruptcies been as common as they are this year, according to a new report by New Generation Research.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil Continues Private Equity-Fueled Houston Energy Expansion With Pillsbury Hire

Irina Tsveklova is the fourth partner hired to the firm's Houston energy team since April.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court of Chancery Sustains Derivative Complaint Based on Allegations That the Board Acted in Bad Faith

In IBEW Local Union 480 Defined Contribution Plan and Trust v. Winborne, the Court of Chancery provided guidance concerning the holistic inquiry that the court uses to assess good faith, holding that the plaintiff successfully had pleaded that a majority of the board acted in bad faith in approving a buyout of a liability for $850 million that the company contemporaneously valued at $175.3 million in its audited financial statements.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court of Chancery Examines Director's Personal Relationship in Dismissing Duty of Loyalty Claim

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III considered whether a personal relationship between an independent director and a conflicted director was sufficient to corrupt the independent director's loyalty in approving a cash only freeze-out merger.
7 minute read

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