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Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Vielandi, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Grant D. Goodhart, III, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Craig K. Ferrere, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Blair Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Kristin N. Murphy, Ryan A. Walsh, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for appellees.
Case Number: 2022-0698
Court reversed dismissal of action challenging corporate acquisition where proxy statement failed to disclose advisors' conflicts of interest and erroneously described the advisors' roles in the transaction.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D75841
Trial court erred in dismissing legal malpractice complaint on a superseding cause defense where it failed to address plaintiff's contention that defendant's negligent representation resulted in the parties failing to prevail on all claims in the underlying action, which would have negated the superseding event.
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.
Publication Date: 2024-04-08
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; John Vielandi, Labtaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Douglas E. Julie, W. Scott Holleman, Garam Choe, Julie & Holleman LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for appellants.
for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, Eric A. Veres, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Stefania D. Venezia, Amanda K. Pooler, Elizabeth M. Sytsma, Tanner S. Stanley, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
Case Number: 241, 2023
Chancery court erred in reviewing squeeze-out merger under business judgment review where proxy statement failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest of the special committee's financial and legal advisors.
Publication Date: 2024-03-11
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Insurance
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Balaguer, Lindsey E. Imbrogno, Balaguer Milewski & Imbrogno, Wilmington, DE; Michael M. Marick, Timothy H. Wright, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, attorneys for appellants
for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Dorthea W. Regal, Joshua L. Blosveren, Miriam J. Manber, Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellee.
Case Number: 135, 2023
Communications threating litigation at some indefinite time in the future without identifying claimants or requesting monetary relief were insufficient to constitute a "claim for damages" that would trigger or bar liability insurance coverage.
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Publication Date: 2024-02-12
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Skyler A. C. Speed, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David A. Paul, Virginia J. Cardenas, Sid Nadkarni, Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY; Benjamin R. Nagin, Eric G. Hoffman, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Tacy F. Flint, Frank J. Favia, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL for appellant.
for defendant: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kyle W. Roche, Kyle Roche P.A., New York, NY; Velvel Freedman, Alex Potter, Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
Case Number: 162, 2023
A "forfeiture-for-competition" provision in a partnership agreement did not qualify as a restraint on trade, and thus partners who had negotiated and benefitted from such a term would be held to the terms of their agreement due to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act's express favor for the enforceability of contracts.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Amy L. Simmerman, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark R. Yohalem, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Los Angeles, CA; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 2022-1007
Ability to sue corporate officers for fiduciary violations was not a "power, preference, or special right" of a class of stock and thus a proposed amendment to add an officer exculpation clause did not require a separate class vote under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Kate R. Buck, Shannon D. Humiston, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 94, 2023
Trial court properly granted remittitur where jury verdict including inflated repair costs was based on testimony from witnesses unqualified to testify about inflation and increased expenses.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher D. Renaud, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Brittany Zoll, Christopher J. Merken, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Julia Markham-Cameron, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Boston, MA for appellees.
Case Number: 22, 2023
Chancery court erred in adopting West Virginia court's factual findings through judicial notice where such facts were disputed by the parties to the present action.
Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Joshua Fruchter, Wohl & Fruchter LLP, Monsey, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Tammy L. Mercer, James M. Yoch, Jr., Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Zieminski, Andy Jackson, Jeremy Gonzales, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0248-MTZ
Court declined to award a substantial success fee to stockholders who obtained supplemental disclosures to merger proxy where the disclosures did not remove an impediment to the stockholders' vote, but the disclosures provided a meaningful corporate benefit by informing stockholders about the transaction committee's affiliations with a controlling stockholder sitting on both sides of the merger transaction.
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