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January 22, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.
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January 16, 2025 | The Recorder
Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.
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January 16, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.
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January 9, 2025 | The Recorder
One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.
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January 9, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.
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December 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel
"Rather than fulfill its contractual obligations to ensure that the merger succeeded, Kroger acted in its own financial self-interest, repeatedly providing insufficient divestiture proposals that ignored regulators’ concerns," Albertsons General Counsel Tom Moriarty said. Kroger called the allegations baseless.
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Publication Date: 2024-12-03
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert O’Hare, Jr. Michael Zarocostas, Andrew C. Levitt, O’Hare Parnagian LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Rebeca L. Butcher, Jennifer L. Cree, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neil A. Steiner, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 9413-VCF
Directors breached fiduciary duties by approving forbearance agreement with company's largest creditor in exchange for creditor's indemnification against claims by company's largest stockholder and management bonuses.
November 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
It's the second time since October that the court has been asked how and if its January decision in Cantor Fitzgerald LP v. Ainslie affects certain anti-competitive provisions in employment agreements.
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October 17, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Closely-watched cases could have implications for areas of corporate law that have come up repeatedly in attorneys' conversations this year and in 2023, including controlling shareholders, out-of-state incorporations and how much leeway the Court of Chancery has in reviewing arbitration awards and non-competes.
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Publication Date: 2024-09-10
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Pittenger, Jacqueline A. Roger, Adriane M. Kappauf, Rebecca Bolinger, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Levander, Mauricio A. España, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Christopher J. Merken, Julia M. Curley, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Travis S. Hunter, Matthew W. Murphy, John M. O’Toole, Mari Boyle, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1247-LWW
Corporation's purposeful violation of the express prohibition of setting a retroactive record date for an annual stockholders' meeting warranted invalidating the board election results and reinstating the prior board to hold a new election.
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