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Maffei v. Palkon

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, Jason Leviton, Nathan Abelman, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for appellees.
Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

Jurisdictional conversion was reviewable under business judgment rule rather than entire fairness standard when plaintiffs failed to identify past conduct leading to concrete risk of liability for defendants that would be abrogated by the conversion.

City of Dearborn Police & Fire Revised Ret. Sys. v. Brookfield Asset Mgmt. Inc.

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.

In re GGP, Inc. Stockholder Litig.

Publication Date: 2022-08-02
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Ronald A. Brown, Jr., Stephen D. Dargitz, J. Clayton Athey, Marcus E. Montejo, Samuel L. Closic, Prickett Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Carl L. Stine, Adam J. Blander, Antoinette Adesanya, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY; Brian D. Long, Long Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Frank P. DiPrima, Law Office of Frank DiPrima, P.A., Morristown, NJ for appellants.
for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, John M. Seaman, Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Seth Goodchild, Matthew S. Connors, Nicole E. Prunetti, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Berton W. Ashman, Jr., and Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter E. Kazanoff, Michael J. Garvey, Sara A. Ricciardi, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Raymond J. Dicamillo, Susan M. Hannigan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; Brian T. Frawley, Y. Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; David J. Teklits, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: D69905

Dividing merger transaction into substantial pre-closing dividend and meager "per share merger consideration" did not frustrate stockholders' appraisal rights since dividend legally constituted merger consideration.

Brookfield Asset Mgmt., Inc. v. Rosson

Publication Date: 2021-10-06
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin G. Abrams, Eric A. Veres, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Stefania D. Venezia, Amanda K. Pooler, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Ned Weinberger, Derrick Farrell, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Kaitlyn T. Devenyns, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for appellees.
Case Number: D69560

Court overruled the Gentile carve-out doctrine where it created analytical tension with Tooley and other legal doctrines permitted stockholders to pursue direct claims for fiduciary breaches.

Gulf LNG Energy, LLC v. Eni USA Gas Mktg. LLC

Publication Date: 2020-12-02
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Esquire, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Seth Goodchild, Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Mark W. Friedman, William H. Taft V, Carl Micarelli, Lisa Wang Lachowicz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph J. LoBue, Helene Gogadze, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.
Case Number: D69208

Court could enjoin party from filing second arbitration whose purpose was to effectively appeal a prior arbitration award where the award was subject to the exclusive review under the FAA.

El Paso Pipeline GP Co., LLC v. El Paso Corp., DEFAX Case No. D67485 (Del. Dec. 20, 2016), Valihura, J. (33 pages).

Publication Date: 2017-01-11
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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Case Number: D67485

Caspian Alpha Long Credit Fund, L.P. v. GS Mezzanine Partners 2006, L.P., DeFAX Case No. D66315 (Del. May 22, 2014) (en banc) (7 pages).

Publication Date: 2014-06-11
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Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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Case Number: D66315