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Publication Date: 2022-03-22
Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marcus E. Montejo, Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. Ajamie, David S. Siegel, Ryan van Steenis, Ajamie LLP, Houston, TX; Michael A. Pullara, Houston, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Todd C. Schiltz, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Connolly, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Zoë K. Wilhelm, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Maurice L. Brimmage, Jr., Laura P. Warrick, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D69753
The court held that AT&T failed to prove that the freeze-out of minority partners was entirely fair because it did not follow a fair process and did not employ procedural protections to ensure fairness to the minority partners.
January 7, 2022 | Litigation Daily
The Delaware Court of Chancery late last month ordered Energy Transfer LP to pay Cravath's client The Williams Companies a $410 million termination fee stemming from the companies' scuttled merger.
9 minute read
Publication Date: 2021-12-14
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, F. Troupe Mickler, IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Daniel E. Meyer, Margaret Sanborn-Lowing, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J.Adams, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Sascha N. Rand, Rollo C. Baker, IV , Silpa Maruri, Jesse Bernstein, Charles H. Sangree, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Stanley D. Bernstein, Matthew Guarnero, Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York, NY; William J. Fields, Christopher J. Kupka, Samir Shukurov, Fields Kupka & Shukurov LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Andrew L. Milam, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Riccardo DeBari, Renee Zaytsev, Mendy Pie-karski, Thompson Hine, New York, NY; Matthew F. Davis, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas A. Rappaport, Kaitlin D. Shapiro, Elizabeth C. Rosen, Madeleine R. Freeman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69639
The court held that plaintiff shareholders were required to make a demand on the board prior to filing suit. Because they did not make a demand, their claims failed. Motion to dismiss granted.
November 19, 2021 | Litigation Daily
Runners-up honors go to Winston & Strawn, for a big win in Texas, and the lawyers behind the Flint water settlement.
5 minute read
Publication Date: 2021-10-13
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, F. Troup Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eduard Korsinsky, Gregory M. Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Zensky, Brian Carney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY; Scott Barnard, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX; David E. Ross, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew B. Clubok, J. Christian Word, Stephen P. Barry, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Washington, DC; Rudolf Koch, Matthew D. Perri, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bruce Birenboim, Susanna M. Buergel, Christopher L. Filburn, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; William B. Chandler, III, Andrew D. Cordo, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Kirsch, Randy M. Mastro, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69573
The court dismissed plaintiff's derivative claims because he failed to adequately plead the existence of a control group, and plaintiff also failed to demonstrate demand futility.
Publication Date: 2021-10-13
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. Ajamie, David S. Siegel, Ryan van Steenis, Ajamie LLP, Houston, TX; Michael A. Pullara, Houston, Texas; Marcus E. Montejo, Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs
for defendant: Maurice L. Brimmage, Jr., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX; Todd C. Schiltz, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Connolly, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Zoë K. Wilhelm, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69570
Court declined to award dissociation damages where controlling partner failed to comply with provisions of agreement between partnership and another affiliate of the controlling partner, but where such failure did not constitute a breach of the partnership agreement.
September 3, 2021 | Litigation Daily
Our first runner-up this week is Josh Rosenkranz of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe who scored a huge win for Gilead Sciences affiliate Kite Pharma at the Federal Circuit last week.
6 minute read
Publication Date: 2021-09-01
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stephen J. Oddo, Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Eric M. Carrino, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Stefania A. Rosca, Matthew R. Conrad, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; C. Barr Flinn, Emily V. Burton, Peter J. Artese, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas A. Rappaport, Kaitlin D. Shapiro, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY; Daniel A. Mason, Brendan W. Sullivan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel J. Toal, Geoffrey Chepiga, Caitlin E. Grusauskas, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, Daniel T. Menken, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69521
The court granted defendants' motions to dismiss plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claims, because plaintiff did not establish any improper conduct in connection with a merger.
August 20, 2021 | Litigation Daily
Our first runners up this week are Sam Baxter of McKool Smith and Jason Sheasby of Irell & Manella, who won Litigator of the Week honors last year for landing a $506 million damages verdict for PanOptis in patent litigation against Apple. In a damages retrial. they won $300 million.
5 minute read
Publication Date: 2021-07-14
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julia B. Klein, Klein LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Matthew F. Davis, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen M. Baldini, Brian Carney, Stephanie Lindemuth, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D69462
Breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion claims, arising from debtor's failure to exercise his rights to receive distribution pursuant to bankruptcy court order, failed where debtor had not identified a contract or fiduciary duty for defendants to ensure he had notice of the condition precedent to debtor receiving the distribution.
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