• WT Representative LLC v. Philips Holdings USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Paul J. Loughman, Michael A. Carbonara, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE, Eric Leon, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY, Nathan A. Sandals, Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Emily A. Letcher, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Laurence A. Schoen, Breton Leone-Quick, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0170 PRW

    Plaintiff reasonably interpreted parties' merger agreement as merely requiring FDA approval of the medical device system to secure milestone payment without reference to specific size variations of the product.

  • Sciannella v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Irene R. Lax, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Teo A. Doremus, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Brett M. Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Nicole M. Henry, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John F. Sylvia, Kerime S. Akoglu, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Sarah E. Delia, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Meredith Kotler, Mary Eaton, Nicholas A. Caselli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-0125-PAF

    Fiduciary claims against purported controlling stockholder dismissed where plaintiff failed to plead facts demonstrating that stockholder qualified as a controller of the company or exercised transaction-specific control during proposed sale of company via tender offer.

  • Soleimani v. Hakkak

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian C. Ralston, T. Brad Davey, Charles P. Wood, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas P. Baumstein, Ellen Shapiro, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Mari Boyle, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anthony M. Candido, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-0948-LWW MEMORANDUM OPINION Date Submitted:

    Plaintiff's removal as an employee and manager of LLCs was ineffective where the operating agreements established payment of the fair market value of plaintiff's revenue share as a condition precedent to removal.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: June 22, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:June 20, 2023

  • Soligenix, Inc. v. Emergent Prod. Dev. Gaithersburg, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frederick R. Ball, Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA; Patrick C. Gallagher, Duane Morris LLP, Boca Raton, FL for petitioner.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, Ryan D. Stottman, Grant Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jake Goodelman, John Dougherty, Thomas Wintner, Katherine Galle, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Pompeo, P.C., Boston, MA for respondents.

    Case Number: 2022-0880-PAF

    Motion for continued confidential treatment of petition to vacate arbitration award denied where there was nothing inherently confidential about arbitration and court was not bound by the parties' stipulated protective order during their arbitration.

  • December 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

    'Caremark' Liability Following the SEC's New ESG Reporting Requirements

    Recent developments in the Court of Chancery concerning a corporate board's duty to monitor and provide oversight over a corporation's operations—so-called 'Caremark' claims—are likely to intersect with the SEC's proposed new ESG disclosure obligations to create a new category of corporate risk. This article discusses the recent trends in Delaware law that have led to a revitalization of 'Caremark' and the SEC's current proposals for enhanced ESG disclosure.

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  • Parseghian v. Frequency Therapeutics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam C. Ford, Matthew A. Ford, Ford O’Brien, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Deborah S. Birnbach, Jennifer Burns Luz, Matthew T. White, Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston, MA; Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Seth Goldman, Jacob H. Hupart, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69871

    Breach of fiduciary duty claim against company CEO dismissed where there were no factual allegations regarding the actual steps the CEO purportedly took to block plaintiff stockholders' efforts to sell their shares or that the CEO was even aware plaintiffs were seeking to transfer their stock.

  • Appellate Division, First Department: April 26, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-04-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: April 26, 2022

  • Gower v. Trux, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Hannon, Hartley Michon Robb Hannon, LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard M. Beck, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence P. Murray, Gregory Paonessa, Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston, MA; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hayden J. Silver, III, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Raleigh, NC; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott C. Ford Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA; Samuel T. Hirzel, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin T. Peters, Michael D. Brier, Gesmer Updegrove LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69734

    The court held that plaintiff adequately pled a breach of contract claim where he alleged the applicable agreement contained an unambiguous requirement that notice of share sales be given to all stockholders.

  • Goldberg v. Bruck

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory Zimmer, New York, NY for petition-er.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Sarah A. Clark, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry Ka-zan, Mintz & Gold LLP, New York, NY; Faith Charles, Thompson Hine LLP, New York, NY for respondents.

    Case Number: D69457

    Two individuals had been properly appointed to a board of directors in accordance with the procedures set forth in the company's governing documents, so the court granted a motion to dismiss.