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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Christopher N. Kelly and Justin T. Hymes | October 18, 2023
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
By Jack Womack | October 18, 2023
The firm's initial response was criticised by one lawyer for omitting any statement about Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel.
3 minute read
By Jeffrey I. Lang and Colin C. Bridge | October 17, 2023
Jeffrey Lang and Colin Bridge provide an in-depth discussion of 'Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters' Pension Trust Fund v. Walton,' where the Delaware Court of Chancery provided a cautionary lesson for corporate boards and their counsel on the risks of sharply limiting the scope of responses to shareholder demands for information.
16 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | October 12, 2023
"Don't be intimidated," Cengage Group legal chief Laura Stevens said during a webinar on how to make general counsel. To have the requisite experience and qualities in some job listings, "you'd have to be 250 years old," she joked.
5 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | October 11, 2023
Such efforts, which often involve reducing environmental impact, are becoming higher risk as federal regulators alter rules and red-state attorneys general crusade against ESG.
6 minute read
By Mark Sachs | October 6, 2023
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
By Michael W. Peregrine | October 5, 2023
An important new report released by the National Association of Corporate Directors ("NACD") helps to identify an additional role that the chief legal officer can perform in support of the company's governance structure.
5 minute read
By Brian Lee | October 3, 2023
Carol C. Villegas said she finds her work as a litigation partner in the New York office of Labaton Sucharow personally satisfying, since she often…
7 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | September 29, 2023
The lawsuits also aim to hold Coinbase accountable for not having systems in place that would have prevented widespread money laundering by its customers.
3 minute read
By Brian Lee | September 27, 2023
A proposal backed by Democrats would disclose LLC owners to the state and create a first-in-the-nation public ownership database.
3 minute read
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